''Collotheca'' 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
Collothecidae.
The genus was first described by Harring in 1913.
The genus has almost
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:
* ''
Collotheca balatonica
''Collotheca'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Collothecidae.
The genus was first described by Harring in 1913.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Collotheca balatonica''
* ''Collotheca mutabilis''
* '' ...
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* ''
Collotheca mutabilis''
* ''
Collotheca ornata''
References
Collothecaceae
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