''Encentrum'' 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
Dicranophoridae
Dicranophoridae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima.
Genera
The following genera are accepted by the World Register of Marine Species:
* ''Albertia'' Dujardin, 1838
* ''Aspelta (rotifer), Aspelta'' Harring & Myers, 1928
* ''Dic ...
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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 ...
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Species:
References
Ploima
Rotifer genera
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