Philodinidae is a family 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 order
Bdelloidea
Bdelloidea (Greek ''βδέλλα'', ''bdella'', "leech") is a class of rotifers found in freshwater habitats all over the world. There are over 450 described species of bdelloid rotifers (or 'bdelloids'), distinguished from each other mainly o ...
.
Genera
Genera:
* ''
Anomopus''
Piovanelli, 1903
* ''
Callidina''
Ehrenberg, 1830
* ''
Ceratotrocha''
Bryce, 1910
* ''
Didymodactylos''
Milne, 1916
* ''
Dissotrocha''
Bryce, 1910
* ''
Embata''
Bryce, 1910
* ''
Esechielina''
Bory de St.Vincent, 1827
* ''
Macrotrachela''
Milne, 1886
* ''
Mniobia''
Bryce, 1910
* ''
Philodina
''Philodina'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Philodinidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Philodina acuticornis
''Philodina acuticornis'' is a species of freshwater bdelloid rotifer
The rotifers (, ...
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Ehrenberg, 1830
* ''
Pleuretra''
Bryce, 1910
* ''
Pseudoembata''
Wycliffe & Michael, 1968
* ''
Rotaria''
Scopoli, 1777
* ''
Zelinkiella''
Harring, 1913
References
Bdelloidea
Rotifer families
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