''Asplanchna'' is a genus of
rotifers
The rotifers (, from Latin 'wheel' and 'bearing'), sometimes 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 Harris ...
belonging to the family
Asplanchnidae
Asplanchnidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima
Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.
Families
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Ploima include ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
* ''
Asplanchna brightwellii''
Gosse, 1850
* ''
Aplanchna priodonta''
Gosse, 1850
* ''
Aplanchna asymmetrica''
Shiel & Koste, 1985
* ''
Aplanchna girodi''
de Guerne, 1888
* ''
Aplanchna herricki''
de Guerne, 1888
* ''
Aplanchna intermedia''
Hudson, 1886
* ''
Aplanchna sieboldii''
(Leydig, 1854)
* ''
Aplanchna silvestrii''
Daday, 1902
* ''
Aplanchna tropica''
Koste & Tobias, 1989
References
Rotifer genera
Ploima
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