''Pleurotrocha'' 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
Notommatidae
Notommatidae is a family of rotifers in the order Ploima
Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.
Families
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Ploima includes the follow ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Antarctica.
Species:
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Pleurotrocha altanica''
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Pleurotrocha altila''
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Pleurotrocha altilis''
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Pleurotrocha atlantica''
*''
Pleurotrocha aurea''
*''
Pleurotrocha chalicodis''
*''
Pleurotrocha channa''
*''
Pleurotrocha daphnicola''
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Pleurotrocha elegans''
*''
Pleurotrocha fontanetoi''
*''
Pleurotrocha larvarum''
*''
Pleurotrocha petromyzon''
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Pleurotrocha robusta''
*''
Pleurotrocha sigmoidea''
*''
Pleurotrocha thrua''
References
Rotifer genera
Ploima
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