Collothecaceae is an order 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 class
Monogononta
Monogononta is a class of rotifers, found mostly in freshwater but also in soil and marine environments. They include both free-swimming and sessile forms. Monogononts generally have a reduced corona, and each individual has a single gonad, wh ...
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Families:
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Atrochidae
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Collothecidae
Collothecidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Collothecaceae.
Genera:
* '' Collotheca'' Harring, 1913
* ''Stephanoceros
''Stephanoceros'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Collothecidae
Collothecidae is a famil ...
References
Monogononta
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