Epiphanes Ehrenberg, 1832
Synonym; Hydatina Ehrenberg, 1830 (ref. ID; 1345, 1923, 2978, 3688); Notops Hudson, 1886 (ref. ID; 1345, 1923, 2978) or Hudson & Gosse, 1886 (ref. ID; 3688)

[ref. ID; 1663]
Eyespot absent. Body not strongly tapering posteriorly. Two toes. Common during spring in stock ponds and puddles containing much organic matter. Body length 300-600 um long. (ref. ID; 1663)

[ref. ID; 1923]
Body conic, cylidric, or sacform; toes short. Found commonly in pools receiving drainage from cow barns. (ref. ID; 1923)

[ref. ID; 3334]
Large, illoricate rotifers with a conical cylindrical or sack-shaped body. The corona bears several tufts of strong cilia. The foot bears two small toes. The mastax has malleate trophi. (ref. ID; 3334)

Epiphanes brachionus (var.) spinosus (Rousselet, 1901) (ref. ID; 1345, 1806, 1807, 1839, 1948, 2720, 2803)
Syn; Notops brachionus var. spinosus Rousselet, 1901 (ref. ID; 1345)
Description; The easily recognizable animal swims very fast, in a straight line turning around its axis and changes direction at obstacles only. The uncus has four teeth. (ref. ID; 1806)
This is warm stenothermic species. (ref. ID; 1839)
Measurements; Body long 200-220; body wide 160-180; toes 19; posterolateral thorns 18-20 um. (ref. ID; 1807)
Epiphanes clavulata (Ehrenberg, 1832) (ref. ID; 1345, 1807, 1847, 1923, 1929, 2207, 2545, 2720, 2757, 3514, 3688) reported year? (ref. ID; 2899)
Syn; Epiphanes clavulata Harring, 1913 (ref. ID; 1345, 3688); Gastropus clavulatus Wesenberg-Lund, 1923 (ref. ID; 3688); Hydatina clavulara Acloque, 1899 (ref. ID; 1345, 3688); Notommata clavulata Ehrenberg, 1832 (ref. ID; 1345, 2757, 3688); Notops clavulatus Hudson, 1886 (ref. ID; 1345, 2757) or Hudson & Gosse, 1886 (ref. ID; 3688); Notops lotos Thorpe, 1893 (ref. ID; 3688)
Description; Large, saccate, very transparent animal; contracted specimens are easily mistaken for an Asplanchna, but the corona is brown. Trophi large, malleoramate, unci with seven fused teeth, different from the figure shown in Kutikova (1970, Fig. 734). Fulcrum short, in sideview broad and scalloped, manubria slightly curved. (ref. ID; 1807)
Body transparent, sacciform, arched dorsally more towards posterior side and nearly straight ventrally. Corona bears five styligerous prominences, each provided with a fan-like arrangement of the slender styles. There is a dorsal antenna. Mastax of the malleate type. Gonad ribbon shaped and bent like a horse-shoe. Foot short with two very small toes. It feeds on other rotifers. (ref. ID; 1929)
Measurements; Body long 400-450; body width 300-350; corona diameter 110-120; toe 37; trophi 27 um. (ref. ID; 1807)
Trophi: fulcrum long 9; manubria long 39; manubria maximum width 29; rami long 39; maximum length of uncus teeth 30 um. (ref. ID; 1847)
Total length 504; length of the foot 56; toes 14 um. (ref. ID; 1929)
Epiphanes macroura Barrois & Daday, 1894 (ref. ID; 3275, 3514) reported year? (ref. ID; 2899) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1923)
Syn; Brachionus mollis Hempell (ref. ID; 2899); Notopus macrourus Barrois & Daday, 1894 (ref. ID; 3275)
Measurements; Contracted sample: body length 132, height 68; length of foot 58; length of toes 16 um. (ref. ID; 3275)
Epiphanes macrourus (Barrois & Daday, 1894) (ref. ID; 1345, 1806, 2207, 2824, 3083, 3688)
Syn; Brachionus molis Hempel, 1896 (ref. ID; 3688); Brachionus mollis Hempel, 1896 (ref. ID; 1345); Brachionus pala f. nova Wesenberg-Lund, 1930 (ref. ID; 1345); Epiphanes macroura Wiszniewski, 1954 (ref. ID; 3688); Notops macrourus Barrois & Daday, 1894 (ref. ID; 1345, 3688); Notops mollis de Beauchamp, 1932 (ref. ID; 1345, 3688); Notops pala f. nova Wesenberg-Lund, 1930 (ref. ID; 3688)
Description; Body saccate with 3 tufts of cilia on anterior end. Dorsal antenna clearly visible in lateral view. Foot long and wrinkled. In ovigerous female, it bends over the egg. Toes short and blunt. Resting eggs spherical and with numerous minute hair-like projections. Parthenogenetic eggs smaller than resting eggs but larger than mictic eggs. (ref. ID; 1806)
Measurements; Total length (contracted specimen) 260; body 160-190 x 80-120 x 124; foot 100 x 38; thelytokous egg 80 x 74 um. (ref. ID; 3083)
Epiphanes pelagica (Jennings, 1900) (ref. ID; 1345, 2824, 3275, 3688)
Syn; Notops pelagicus Jennings, 1900 (ref. ID; 1345, 3275, 3688)
Measurements; Body length 255; length of foot (with toe) 105 um. (ref. ID; 3275)
Epiphanes senta (O. F. Muller, 1773) (ref. ID; 1345, 2198, 2266, 2276, 2757, 3688) reported year? (ref. ID; 3334, 4607) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 3292)
Syn; Enteroplea hydatina Ehrenberg, 1831 (ref. ID; 3688) or 1931 (= male of Epiphanes senta) (ref. ID; 1345); Furcularia senta Lamarck, 1816 (ref. ID; 1345, 3688); Hydatina brachydactyla Ehrenberg, 1834 (ref. ID; 3688); Hydatina chilensis Schmarda, 1859 (ref. ID; 3688); Hydatina macrognatha Schmarda, 1859 (ref. ID; 3688); Hydatina monopus Hilgendorf, 1898 (ref. ID; 2276) or 1899 (ref. ID; 1345, 3688); Hydatina oblonga Daday, 1908 (ref. ID; 3688); Hydatina senta Ehrenberg, 1830 (ref. ID; 1345, 2276, 2757, 3688); Vorticella senta O. F. Muller, 1773 (ref. ID; 1345, 2276, 3688)
Measurements; It is large, with a maximum length in excess of 500 um. Males are approximately half this size. The eggs are circular (180 um in diameter) and brown. (ref. ID; 3334)