Trochosphaeridae 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:
* ''
Filinia''
Bory de St.Vincent, 1824
* ''
Horaella''
Donner, 1949
* ''
Trochosphaera''
Semper, 1872
References
Flosculariaceae
Rotifer families
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