''Trichocerca'' 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
Trichocercidae
Trichocercidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima.
Genera:
* '' Ascomorphella'' Wiszniewski, 1953
* ''Coelopus'' (synonym of ''Trichocerca'')
* '' Diurella''
* ''Elosa'' Lord, 1891
* ''Trichocerca
''Trichocerca'' is a genus ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''
Trichocerca abilioi''
Segers & Sarma, 1993
* ''
Trichocerca agnatha''
Wulfert, 1939
References
Ploima
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