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rotifer

any minute aquatic multicellular invertebrate of the phylum Rotifera, containing the wheel animalcules, the smallest METAZOANS. They move and feed by means of an anterior ring of cilia.
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The Joana reservoir had the highest specific richness for Rotifera, 13 species, and presented the more frequent occurrence of species from the genus Brachionus as well as the Laranjeiras reservoir.
Rotifera was the most abundant group in free water and larval stages of copepods were dominant in the vegetated area.
Rotifera TESTUDINELLIDAE BRACHIONIDAE Pompholyx triloba Pejler, 1957 Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas, Testudinella patina (Hermann, 1766 1783) B.
Interaction among copper toxicity, temperature and salinity on the population dynamics of Brachionus rotundiformis (Rotifera).
Besides, Cladocera and Rotifera populations are affected differently by distinct Cyanobacteria morphologies (Wilson et al., 2006).
Monogonont Rotifera recorded in the world literature (except Africa) from 1960-1992.
Forty-nine species were identified from both rivers (Table 1) and they were composed of Protozoa (6), Rotifera (32), Cladocera (6) and Copepoda (4).
Considering only the limnetic zooplankton, Rotifera is represented by 51 species, Cladocera by 17 species, and Copepoda by 5 species.
During the study period, 110 taxa were recorded in the zooplankton community, distributed in Cladocera (29 taxons), Copepoda (10 taxons), Rotifera (54 taxons) and Protozoa (17 taxons).
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