Phylum: Rotatoria

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Phylum Rotatoria Class
Monogononta
Order Ploima
Family Brachionidae Kellicottia bostoniensis
Description Plate 016a. Dorsal view of
Kellicottia bostoniensis. Plate 016b. Lorica of
Kellicottia bostoniensis. Two species
of Kellicottia exist, K. longispina which has 6
anterior spines, and K. bostoniensis which has
4. Very common planktonic rotifer in
freshwaters, pelagic more so than littoral.
Throughout U.S.
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Plate 016a. Dorsal view of Kellicottia
bostoniensis.
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Plate 016b. Lorica of Kellicottia bostoniensis.