Systematics of Rotifera
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We thank following scientists for quoting text descriptions from their papers.
1. Morphological classification
Order Seisonidea
- Family Seisonidae
Genus: Seison
Order Bdelloidea
(See: ref. ID; 6565)
- Family Habrotrochidae Bryce 1910
Genus: Habrotrocha, Otostephanus, Scepanotrocha
- Family Adinetidae Bryce 1910
Genus: Adineta, Bradyscela
- Family Philodinidae Bryce 1910
Genus: Anomopus, Ceratotrocha, Didymodactylus, Dissotrocha, Embata, Macrotrachela, Mniobia, Philodina, Pleuretra, Rotaria, Zelinkiella
- Family Philodinavidae Harring 1913
Genus: Abtrochtha, Henoceros, Philodinavus
Order Monogononta
- Suborder Ploima
- Family Dicranophoridae
Genus: Albertia, Aspelta, Balatro, Dicranophorus, Encentrum, Erignatha, Myersinella, Paradicranophorus, Pedipartia, Streptognatha, Wierzejskella, Wigrella
- Family Lindiidae
Genus: Lindia
- Family Birgeidae
Genus: Birgea
- Family Asplanchnidae
Genus: Asplanchna, Asplanchnopus, Harringia
- Family Brachionidae
- Subfamily Brachioninae
Genus: Anuraeopsis, Argonotholca, Brachionus, Cyrtonia, Dipleuchlanis, Diplois, Epiphanes, Euchlanis, Eudactylota, Kellicottia, Keratella, Lophocharis, Macrochaetus, Microcodides, Mytilina, Notholca, Platyias, Proalides, Pseudonotholca, Rhinoglena, Schizocerca, Trichotria, Tripleuchlanis, Wolga
- Subfamily Colurinae
Genus: Colurella, Lepadella, Paracolurella, Squatinella
- Family Lecanidae
Genus: Bryceella, Lecane, Proales, Proalinopsis, Tetrasiphon
- Family Notommatidae
Genus: Cephalodella, Dorystoma, Drilophaga, Enteroplea, Eosphora, Eothinia, Itura, Metadiaschiza, Monommata, Notommata, Pleurotrocha, Pseudoharringia, Resticula, Rousseletia, Scaridium, Sphyrias, Taphrocampa, Tylotrocha, Wulfertia
- Family Trichocercidae
Genus: Elosa, Hertwigella, Trichocerca
- Family Gastropodidae
Genus: Ascomorpha, Chromogaster, Gastropus
- Family Synchaetidae
Genus: Ploesoma, Polyarthra, Pseudoploesoma, Synchaeta
- Family Microcodinidae
Genus: Microcodon
- Suborder Flosculariacea
- Family Testudinellidae
Genus: Fadeewella, Filinia, Horaella, Pedalia, Pompholyx, Testudinella, Tetramastix, Trochosphaera
- Family Flosculariidae
Genus: Beauchampia, Floscularia, Lacinularia, Limnias, Octotrocha, Ptygura, Sinantherina
- Family Conochilidae
Genus: Conochiloides, Conochilus
- Suborder Collothecacea
- Family Collothecidae
Genus: Acyclus, Atrochus, Collotheca, Cupelopagis, Stephanoceros
Subclass Digononta Wesenberg-Lund 1899
- Order Bdelloidea Hudson & Gosse 1886
- Family Habrotrochidae Bryce 1910
Genus: Habrotrocha, Otostephanus, Scepanotrocha
- Family Adinetidae Bryce 1910
Genus: Adineta, Bradyscela
- Family Philodinidae Bryce 1910
Genus: Ceratotrocha, Dissotrocha, Embata, Macrotrachela, Mniobia, Philodina, Pleuretra, Rotaria
- Family Philodinavidae Harring 1905
Genus: Philodinavus
Subclass Monogononta Wesenberg-Lund 1899
- Order Ploima Hudson & Gosse 1886
- Family Brachionidae Hudson & Gosse 1888
- Subfamily Brachioninae Remane 1933
Genus: Anuraeopsis, Argonotholca, Brachionus, Cyrtonia, Dipleuchlanis, Diplois, Epiphanes, Euchlanis, Eudactylota, Kellicottia, Keratella, Lophocharis, Macrochaetus, Microcodides, Mytilina, Notholca, Platyas, Proalides, Rhinoglena, Trichotria, Tripleuchlanis, Wolga
- Subfamily Colurinae Remane 1933
Genus: Colurella, Lepadella, Squatinella
- Family Lecanidae Remane 1933
Genus: Bryceela, Lecane, Proales, Proalinopsis
- Family Lindiidae Remane 1933
Genus: Lindia
- Family Notommatidae Wesenberg-Lund 1899
Genus: Cephalodella, Dorystoma, Drilophaga, Enteroplea, Eosphora, Eothinia, Itura, Metadiaschiza, Monommata, Notommata, Pleurotrocha, Pseudoharringia, Resticula, Scaridium, Taphrocampa, Tylotrocha, Wulfertia
- Family Trichocercidae Harring & Myers, 1926
Genus: Elosa, Hertwigella, Trichocerca
- Family Gastropodidae Wesenberg-Lund 1930
Genus: Ascomorpha, Chromogaster, Gastropus, Postclausa
- Family Dicranophoridae Remane, 1933
Genus: Albertia, Aspelta, Balatro, Dicranophorus, Encentrum, Erignatha, Myersinella, Paradicranophorus, Wierzejskella, Wigrella
- Family Asplanchnidae Harring & Myers, 1926
Genus: Asplanchna, Asplanchnopus, Harringia
- Family Synchaetidae Harring & Myers, 1933
Genus: Bipalpus, Ploesoma, Polyarthra, Synchaeta
- Family Microcodinidae Remane, 1933
Genus: Microcodon
- Order Flosculariacea Wesenberg-Lund 1930
- Family Testudinellidae Harring & Myers, 1926
Genus: Filinia, Hexarthra, Pompholyx, Testudinella, Tetramastix, Trochosphaera
- Family Flosculariidae Wesenberg-Lund 1930
Genus: Beauchampia, Floscularia, Lacinularia, Limnias, Ptygura, Sinantherina
- Family Conochilidae Remane, 1933
Genus: Conochiloides, Conochilus
- Order Collothecacea Remane, 1929
- Family Collothecidae Remane, 1933
Genus: Atrochus, Collotheca, Cupelopagis, Stephanoceros
- Dr. Hendrik Segers
Address: Laboratory Animal Ecology, Zoogeography and Nature Conservation, Department M.S.E., University of Ghent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
ref. ID; 6565
- Dr. James R. Garey
Address: Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Folwer Avenue ISA2015, Tamp, FL 33620, USA
ref. ID; 7064