Habrotrocha

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Habrotrocha
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
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Habrotrocha rosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Bdelloidea
Order: Bdelloida
Family: Habrotrochidae
Genus: Habrotrocha
Bryce, 1910 [1]
Species

Several, including:

Habrotrocha is a genus of bdelloid rotifers.

Late Eocene fossils of Habrotrocha in Dominican amber are among the oldest known fossil rotiferans. [2]

Habrotrochid rotifers seem to have persisted for 35 million years with very little change in morphology or ecological role. [3]


References

  1. ↑ On a new classification of the bdelloid Rotifera. D Bryce, 1910
  2. ↑ Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber". Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/bf01923421. S2CID   28087284.
  3. ↑ Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993-04-01). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber" . Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/BF01923421. ISSN   1420-9071.

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