''Euchlanis'' 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 Ha ...
belonging to the family
Euchlanidae
Euchlanidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima.
Genera:
* ''Beauchampiella'' Remane, 1929
* ''Dipleuchlanis'' de Beauchamp, 1910
* '' Diplois'' Gosse, 1886
* ''Euchlanis
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the ...
.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel
animalcules
Animalcule ('little animal', from Latin ''animal'' + the diminutive suffix ''-culum'') is an old term for microscopic organisms that included bacteria, protozoans, and very small animals. The word was invented by 17th-century Dutch scientist A ...
, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a turning wheel when they are in motion.
The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution.
Description
Rotifers have a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends. These cilia are used to bring food particles, including bacteria, debris and small protozoans, towards the mouth.
A mastax, a jaw-like structure, grinds the food as it enters the stomach. Excretory structures known as
flame cells create a current that drains them into the intestines or the bladder.
They have transparent bodies and two strong structures that are used for swimming. They are sheathed in a glassy shell secreted by their outer skin.
Species
The following species are accepted:
* ''
Euchlanis alata
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a tur ...
''
Voronkov, 1912
* ''
Euchlanis arenosa
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a tur ...
''
Myers, 1936
*
''Euchlanis callimorpha'' Berzinš, 1957
*
''Euchlanis callysta'' Myers, 1930
*
''Euchlanis calpidia'' (Myers, 1930)
*''
Euchlanis contorta
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a tur ...
''
(Wulfert, 1939)
*
''Euchlanis dactyliseta'' Sudzuki, 1998
*
''Euchlanis dapidula'' Parise, 1966
*''
Euchlanis deflexa
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a tur ...
''
Gosse, 1851
*
''Euchlanis dilatata'' Ehrenberg, 1832
*
''Euchlanis hyphidactyla'' Parise, 1963
*
''Euchlanis incisa'' Carlin, 1939
*
''Euchlanis ligulata'' Kutikova & Vassiljeva, 1982
*''
Euchlanis lucksiana
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a tur ...
''
Hauer
*
''Euchlanis lyra'' Hudson, 1886
*
''Euchlanis mamorokaensis'' Berzinš, 1973
*
''Euchlanis meneta'' Myers, 1930
*''
Euchlanis mikropous
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a tur ...
''
Koch-Althaus, 1962
*
''Euchlanis oropha'' Gosse, 1887
*''
Euchlanis parameneta
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a tur ...
''
Berzinš, 1957
*
''Euchlanis perpusilla'' De Ridder, 1977
*
''Euchlanis phryne'' Myers, 1930
*
''Euchlanis pyriformis'' Gosse, 1851
*
''Euchlanis semicarinata'' Segers, 1993
*''
Euchlanis triquetra
''Euchlanis'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a tur ...
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Ehrenberg, 1838
References
Rotifer genera
Ploima
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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