''Dicranophorus'' 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
Dicranophoridae
Dicranophoridae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima.
Genera
The following genera are accepted by the World Register of Marine Species:
* '' Albertia'' Dujardin, 1838
* ''Aspelta
Aspelta was a ruler of the kingdom of Kush (c ...
.
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 ...
.
Species:
* ''
Dicranophorus alcimus
''Dicranophorus'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Dicranophoridae.
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 ...
''
Harring & Myers, 1928
* ''
Dicranophorus artamus''
Harring & Myers, 1928
References
Ploima
Rotifer genera
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