''Synchaeta'' 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
Synchaetidae.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
*''
Synchaeta arcifera''
*''
Synchaeta atlantica''
*''
Synchaeta bacillifera''
*''
Synchaeta pectinata''
References
Ploima
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