''Cephalodella'' is a genus of

rotifer The rotifers (, from Latin 'wheel' and 'bearing'), sometimes called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic Coelom#Pseudocoelomates, pseudocoelomate animals. They were first describ ...

s in the family

Notommatidae Notommatidae is a family of rotifer The rotifers (, from Latin 'wheel' and 'bearing'), sometimes called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic Coelom#Pseudocoelomates, pseudocoel ...

, with 190 species worldwide. '' Cephalodella vittata'' is a species endemic to

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, Irkutsk Oblasts of Russia, Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...

.Hendrik Segers (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy

Selected species

* '' Cephalodella auritculata'' * '' Cephalodella catellina'' * '' Cephalodella elegans'' * '' Cephalodella forficata'' * '' Cephalodella forficula'' * '' Cephalodella gibba'' (Ehrenberg, 1830) * '' Cephalodella hoodi'' * '' Cephalodella marina'' Myers, 1924 * '' Cephalodella sterea'' * '' Cephalodella vittata''

References

* O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pages 149-151 * Jersabek, C.D.; Weithoff, G.; Weisse, T. 2011: Cephalodella acidophila n. sp. (Monogononta: Notommatidae), a new rotifer species from highly acidic mining lakes. Zootaxa, 2939: 50–58. * Smet, W.H. de & Verolet, M. 2016. Epibiotic rotifers of Gammarus pulex (L.) (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with descriptions of two new species and notes on the terminology of the trophi. Zootaxa 4107 (3): 301–320.

External links

* * * Rotifer genera Ploima {{rotifer-stub