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Planktonic, freshwater lakes and ponds, also in brackish lagoons and estuaries; perennial. Feeding on algae, ciliates and small rotifers.
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© Leasi, Francesca
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Marine Rotifera
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Asplanchna priodonta Gosse, 1850 Trusted
© Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Asplanchna priodonta Trusted
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Found in 2 classifications
See all 2 approved classifications in which this taxon appears.Species recognized by Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013:
- Animalia +
- Rotifera +
- Eurotatoria +
- Ploima +
- Asplanchnidae +
- Asplanchna +
- Asplanchna priodonta Gosse, 1850
- Asplanchna +
- Asplanchnidae +
- Ploima +
- Eurotatoria +
- Rotifera +
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Christian D. Jersabek commented on an older version of IZ WRM 39825 Asplanchna priodonta length 30 photo:
A male of Asplanchna
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