''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:
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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.
Species:
* ''Collotheca balatonica''
* ''Collotheca mutabilis''
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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 mutabilis''
* '' ...
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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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