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Hendrik Segers; Nomenclatural consequences of some recent studies on Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera, Brachionidae). Hydrobiologia 313/314:121-122, 1995

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Recent studies on morphology, karyotype, genetics including allozyme constitution and reproductive behaviour of 'S-' and 'L-type' B. plicatilis showed that these types are best treated as different species. A reexamination of existing available names revealed B. plicatilis O.F. Muller, 1786 and B. rotundiformis Tschugunoff, 1921 as the correct names for the 'L-' and 'S-type', respectively.