Habrotrocha is a genus of bdelloid rotifers.
| Habrotrocha Temporal range:
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| Habrotrocha rosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Rotifera |
| Class: | Bdelloidea |
| Order: | Bdelloida |
| Family: | Habrotrochidae |
| Genus: | Habrotrocha Bryce, 1910[1] |
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Late Eocene fossils of Habrotrocha in Dominican amber are among the oldest known fossil rotiferans.[2]
Habrotrochid rotifers seem to have persisted for 35 million years with very little change in morphology or ecological role.[3]
References
edit- ^ On a new classification of the bdelloid Rotifera. D Bryce, 1910
- ^ Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber". Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/bf01923421. S2CID 28087284.
- ^ Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993-04-01). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber". Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/BF01923421. ISSN 1420-9071.
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