''Keratella'' is a genus of
Brachionidae
Brachionidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima. Species are found in freshwater and marine habitats
A marine habitat is a habitat that supports marine life. Marine life depends in some way on the saltwater that is in t ...
.
The genus was described in 1822 by
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
Jean-Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French naturalist, officer and politician. He was born on 6 July 1778 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) and died on 22 December 1846 in Paris. Biologist and geographer, he was particularly int ...
.
It has
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:
* ''
Keratella cochlearis''
* ''
Keratella hiemalis''
* ''
Keratella quadrata''
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Rotifer genera
Brachionidae
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