Habrotrocha

Habrotrocha is a genus of bdelloid rotifers.

Habrotrocha
Habrotrocha rosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Bdelloidea
Order: Bdelloida
Family: Habrotrochidae
Genus: Habrotrocha
Bryce, 1910[1]
Species

Several, including:

Late Eocene fossils of Habrotrocha in Dominican amber are among the oldest known fossil rotiferans.[2]


References

  1. On a new classification of the bdelloid Rotifera. D Bryce, 1910
  2. Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber". Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/bf01923421. S2CID 28087284.

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