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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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Eric D. Hollowday; Cephalodella edax. sp. nov. A rotifer parasitic in the motile colonial alga Uroglena volvox Ehrenberg. Hydrobiologia 255/256:445-448, 1993

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A monogonont rotifer found parasitizing colonies of the motile alga Uroglena volvox Ehrenberg in two north English lakes is described as a new species. Diagnostic taxonomic details are given together with remarks on other rotifers known to occur in motile colonies of algae.