''Sinantherina'' 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
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 world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
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Sinantherina ariprepes''
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Sinantherina procera''
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Sinantherina semibullata''
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Sinantherina socialis''
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Sinantherina spinosa''
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Sinantherina triglandularis''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4179687
Rotifers