Flosculariidae is a family of
rotifer
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 ...
s belonging to the order
Flosculariaceae
Flosculariaceae is an order of rotifers, found in fresh and brackish water.
Families
The order includes the six following families.
*Conochilidae
* Flosculariidae
*Hexarthridae
Hexarthridae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Flosc ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Beauchampia
''Beauchampia'' is a monotypic genus of rotifers belonging to the family Flosculariidae
Flosculariidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Flosculariaceae.
Genera:
* ''Beauchampia'' Harring, 1913
* ''Floscularia'' Cuvier, 1798
* '' ...
''
Harring, 1913
* ''
Floscularia
''Floscularia'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Flosculariidae
Flosculariidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Flosculariaceae.
Genera:
* ''Beauchampia'' Harring, 1913
* ''Floscularia'' Cuvier, 1798
* ''Lacinularia ...
''
Cuvier, 1798
* ''
Lacinularia
''Lacinularia'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Flosculariidae.
Species:
*''Lacinularia elliptica
''Lacinularia'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Flosculariidae.
Species:
*''Lacinularia elliptica''
*''Lacinular ...
''
Schweigger, 1826
* ''
Lacinularoides''
Meksuwan, Pholpunthin & Segers, 2011
* ''
Limnias
''Limnias'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Flosculariidae.
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 ...
''
Schrank, 1803
* ''
Octotrocha''
Thorpe, 1893
* ''
Pentatrocha''
Segers & Shiel, 2008
* ''
Ptygura''
Ehrenberg, 1832
* ''
Sinantherina
''Sinantherina'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Flosculariidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*'' Sinantherina ariprepes''
*'' Sinantherina procera''
*''Sinantherina semibullata
''Sinantherina'' ...
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Bory de St.Vincent, 1826
References
Flosculariaceae
Rotifer families
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