''Collotheca'' is a genus of
rotifers
The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.
They were first described by Rev. John H ...
belonging to the family
Collothecidae
Collothecidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Collothecaceae.
Genera:
* ''Collotheca
''Collotheca'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Collothecidae.
The genus was first described by Harring in 1913.
The genus ...
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The genus was first described by Harring in 1913.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
* ''
Collotheca balatonica
''Collotheca'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Collothecidae.
The genus was first described by Harring in 1913.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the ...
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Collotheca mutabilis
''Collotheca'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Collothecidae.
The genus was first described by Harring in 1913.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Collotheca balatonica
''Collotheca'' is a genus of ...
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Collotheca ornata
''Collotheca'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Collothecidae.
The genus was first described by Harring in 1913.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Collotheca balatonica''
* ''Collotheca mutabilis
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References
Collothecaceae
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