Rotifera in Bromeliads | Bromeliad Phytotelmata | Bromeliad Biota



Table of Rotifera known from
Jamaican bromeliad phytotelmata

Class and Family

Species

Monogononta

Colurellidae Colurella gastracantha (Hauer, 1924), C. obtusa (Gosse, 1886)
Lepadella (Heterolepadella) cyrtopus (Harring, 1914), L. (Lepadella) acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1834), L. (L.) oblonga (Ehrenberg, 1834), L. (L.) patella (Müller, 1786), L. (L.) quinquecostata (Lucks, 1912)
Lecanidae *Lecane (Hemimonostyla) agilis (Bryce, 1892), L. (H.) kluchor syngenes (Hauer, 1938), L. (Lecane) hornemani (Ehrenberg, 1834), L. (L.) luna (Müller, 1776), L. (L.) nana (Murray, 1913), L. (Monostyla) arcuata (Bryce, 1891), L. (M.) decipiens (Daday, 1913), L. (M.) hamata (Stokes, 1896), L. (M.) janetzkyi Koste, Janetzky & Vareschi, 1991, L. (M.) monostyla (Daday, 1897), L. (M.) pyriformis (Daday, 1905), L. (M.) quadridentata (Ehrenberg, 1832), L. (M.) scutata (Harring & Myers, 1926), L. (M.) sinuata (Hauer, 1937/38)
Proalidae Proales decipiens (Ehrenberg, 1831)
Trichocercidae Trichocerca (Diurella) brachyura (Gosse, 1851), T. (D.) tenuior (Gosse 1886), T. (Trichocerca) pusilla (Lauterborn, 1898)
Flosculariidae Collotheca campanulata (Dobie, 1849), C. heptabrachiata (Schoch, 1869), C. ornata (Ehrenberg, 1832), C. trilobata (Collins, 1872)
Limnias ceratophylli Schrank, 1803
Ptygura cf. spongicola (Berzins, 1950)

Digononta (Bdelloidea)

Habrotrochidae Habrotrocha collaris (Ehrenberg, 1832), H. constricta (Dujardin, 1841), H. rosa Donner, 1949
Philodinidae Macrotrachela multispinosa Thompson, 1892, M. quadricornifera Milne, 1886
Philodina acuticornis odiosa Milne, 1916, P. megalotrocha Ehrenberg, 1832
Rotaria macrura (Schrank, 1803), R. rotaria (Pallas, 1766), R. socialis Kellicott, 1888
*the genus Lecane was revised by Segers (1995). Here, the original species names are used, because the revision has to be discussed.

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