Ploima
| Ploima | |
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| Kellicottia longispina and Keratella cochlearis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Rotifera |
| Class: | Monogononta |
| Superorder: | Pseudotrocha |
| Order: | Ploima (Hudson & Gosse, 1886)[1] |
| Families | |
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15, see text | |
Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.
Families
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Segers, Hendrik (2012). "Ploima". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
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