Brachionidae Explained

Brachionidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima.^[1] Species are found in freshwater and marine habitats.

Description

Rotifers in the family Brachionidae range from 170 to 250 μm, and possess a lorica. The lorica is in a single piece and lacks any furrows, groovese, sulci, or dorsal head shields.^[2]

The family contains seven genera:^[2]

• Anuraeopsis Lauterborn, 1900
• Brachionus Pallas, 1766 (incl. Schizocerca)
• Kellicottia Ahlstrom, 1938
• Keratella Bory de St.Vincent, 1822
• Notholca Gosse, 1886
• Plationus Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993
• Platyias Harring, 1913

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brachionidae . www.gbif.org . 13 May 2021 . en.
2. 10.1007/s10750-010-0203-1 . Validating the systematic position of Plationus Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993 (Rotifera: Brachionidae) using sequences of the large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal DNA and of cytochrome C oxidase . 2010 . Reyna-Fabián . Miriam E. . Laclette . Juan Pedro . Cummings . Michael P. . García-Varela . Martín . Hydrobiologia . 644 . 361–370 . 10952031 .