Ploima
Appearance
Ploima | |
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Kellicottia longispina and Keratella cochlearis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Rotifera |
Class: | Monogononta |
Superorder: | Pseudotrocha |
Order: | Ploima (Hudson & Gosse, 1886)[1] |
Families | |
15, see text |
Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.
Families
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Ploima includes the following fifteen families:[1]
- Asplanchnidae
- Brachionidae
- Dicranophoridae
- Epiphanidae
- Euchlanidae
- Gastropodidae
- Lecanidae
- Lepadellidae
- Lindiidae
- Mytilinidae
- Notommatidae
- Proalidae
- Synchaetidae
- Trichocercidae
- Trichotriidae
References
- ^ a b Segers, Hendrik (2012). "Ploima". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-12-03.