| Brachionidae | |
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| Kellicottia bostoniensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Rotifera |
| Class: | Monogononta |
| Order: | Ploima |
| Family: | Brachionidae Ehrenberg, 1838 |
Brachionidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima. Species are found in freshwater and marine habitats.
Description
Rotifers in the family Brachionidae range from 170 to 250 μm, and possess a lorica. The lorica is in a single piece and lacks any furrows, groovese, sulci, or dorsal head shields.
The family contains seven genera:
- Anuraeopsis Lauterborn, 1900
- Brachionus Pallas, 1766 (incl. Schizocerca)
- Kellicottia Ahlstrom, 1938
- Keratella Bory de St.Vincent, 1822
- Notholca Gosse, 1886
- Plationus Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993
- Platyias Harring, 1913
References
- ^ "Brachionidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ Reyna-Fabián, Miriam E.; Laclette, Juan Pedro; Cummings, Michael P.; García-Varela, Martín (2010). "Validating the systematic position of Plationus Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993 (Rotifera: Brachionidae) using sequences of the large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal DNA and of cytochrome C oxidase". Hydrobiologia. 644: 361–370. doi:10.1007/s10750-010-0203-1. S2CID 10952031.
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