Cephalodella is a genus of rotifers in the family Notommatidae.

Cephalodella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Monogononta
Order: Ploima
Family: Notommatidae
Genus: Cephalodella
Bory de St. Vincent, 1826[1]
Species
List of Species
Synonyms[2]
  • Metadiaschiza Fadeew, 1925
  • Paracephalodella Bērziņš, 1976
  • Plagiognatha Dujardin, 1841
Movie of Rotifer, feeding (probably of the genus Cephalodella)

Cephalodella vittata is a species endemic to Lake Baikal.[3]

Selected species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Essai d'une Classification des Animaux Microscopiques. BS Vincent - Paris: I-XI, 1826
  2. ^ Cephalodella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826. gbif.org. Accessed 2023-06-07.
  3. ^ Hendrik Segers (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy
  • O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pages 149-151
  • Jersabek, C.D.; Weithoff, G.; Weisse, T. 2011: Cephalodella acidophila n. sp. (Monogononta: Notommatidae), a new rotifer species from highly acidic mining lakes. Zootaxa, 2939: 50–58.
  • Smet, W.H. de & Verolet, M. 2016. Epibiotic rotifers of Gammarus pulex (L.) (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with descriptions of two new species and notes on the terminology of the trophi. Zootaxa 4107 (3): 301–320. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.1

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