''Colurella'' 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
Lepadellidae
Lepadellidae is a family 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.
T ...
. The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Colurella'':
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Colurella adriatica''
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Colurella anodonta''
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Colurella aquaducti''
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Colurella aquaeducti''
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Colurella asymmetrica''
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Colurella collaris''
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Colurella colurus''
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Colurella denticauda''
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Colurella dicentra''
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Colurella geophila''
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Colurella halophila''
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Colurella hindenburgi''
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Colurella marinovi''
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Colurella mucronulata''
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Colurella oblonga''
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Colurella obtusa''
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Colurella ovalis''
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Colurella oxycauda''
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Colurella paludosa''
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Colurella psammophila''
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Colurella salina''
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Colurella sanoamuangae''
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Colurella sinistra''
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Colurella sulcata''
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Colurella tesselata''
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Colurella uncinata''
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Colurella unicauda''
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Colurella unicaudata''
References
Rotifer genera
Ploima
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