Fish trap rotifers
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The traps-rotifers ( Collotheca ) are a genus of the rotifers (Rotatoria).
description
The crown has 1 to 7 lobes. Long eyelash bristles are arranged in fans on the lobes, which swirl prey into the trap funnel. The lead pipe has been transformed into a long funnel. A transverse bead separates a vestibule at the base of the leadpipe.
Trap rotifers are mostly sedentary in gelatinous tubs.
Systematics
The genus includes 47 species (as of 2007)
Selection:
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Collotheca ornata (Ehrenberg, 1832)
- Collotheca ornata f. cornuta (Dobie, 1849)
- Collotheca campanulata (Dobie, 1849) ( Synonym Collotheca coronetta (Cubitt, 1869))
- Collotheca heptabrachiata (Schoch, 1869)
- Collotheca ambigua (Hudson, 1883)
- Collotheca trilobata (Collins, 1872)
- Collotheca calva (Hudson, 1885)
- Collotheca mutabilis (Hudson, 1885)
- Collotheca pelagica (Rousselet, 1893)
- Collotheca libera (Zacharias, 1984)
literature
- Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in a drop of water. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2
- Hendrik Segers: Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa 1564, 2007. 104 pages.