''Asplanchna'' 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 Ha ...
belonging to the family
Asplanchnidae
Asplanchnidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima.
Genera:
* ''Asplanchna
''Asplanchna'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Asplanchnidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolit ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''
Aplanchna brightwellii
''Asplanchna'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Asplanchnidae.
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 worl ...
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Gosse, 1850
* ''
Aplanchna priodonta
''Asplanchna'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Asplanchnidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Aplanchna brightwellii
''Asplanchna'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Asplanchnidae.
The genus ...
''
Gosse, 1850
References
Rotifer genera
Ploima
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