''Trichocerca'' 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
Trichocercidae
Trichocercidae is a family of rotifers belonging to 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 include ...
.
The genus has
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:
* ''
Trichocerca abilioi
''Trichocerca'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Trichocercidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the wo ...
''
Segers & Sarma, 1993
* ''
Trichocerca agnatha''
Wulfert, 1939
References
Ploima
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