Ploima

Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.

Ploima
Kellicottia longispina and Keratella cochlearis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Monogononta
Superorder: Pseudotrocha
Order: Ploima
(Hudson & Gosse, 1886)[1]
Families

15, see text

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

  1. Segers, Hendrik (2012). "Ploima". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-12-03.


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