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Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
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Class Monogononta-Order Ploima
Family Notommatidae
| Image Link | Scientific Name | Lake Superior | Lake Michigan | Lake Huron |
Lake Erie | Lake Ontario | Habitat |
| Cephalodella spp. | x | x | x | Littoral. Appear sporadically in the plankton, although primarily benthic and epiphytic. | |||
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Cephalodella auriculata | x |
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Cephalodella catellina | ||||||
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Cephalodella crassipes | x | |||||
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Cephalodella forficula | x | |||||
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Cephalodella gibba | x | x | x | x | Most common of the Great Lakes Cephalodella sp. | |
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Cephalodella gracilis | x | |||||
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Cephalodella intuta | x | |||||
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Cephalodella megalocephala | x | |||||
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Cephalodella parasitica | ||||||
| Cephalodella rotunda | x | ||||||
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Itura aurita | x | |||||
| Monommata spp. | x | ||||||
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Monommata grandis | x | |||||
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Monommata longiseta | x | |||||
| Notommata spp. | x | Littoral. Reported for Lakes Erie and St. Clair. Probably adventitious to the limnetic plankton. | |||||
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Notommata aurita | x | |||||
| Notommata brachyota | x | ||||||
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Notommata cerberus | x | |||||
| Notommata collaris | x | ||||||
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Notommata copeus | x | x | ||||
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Notommata cyrtopus | x | |||||
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Notommata lenis | x | |||||
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Notommata pachyura | x | |||||
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Notommata tripus | x | |||||
| Pleurotricha petromyzon | |||||||
| Scaridium longicaudum | x | ||||||
| Taphrocampa spp. | x | x | |||||
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Taphrocampa annulosa | x | x | ||||
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Taphrocampa selenura | x | |||||
Based on: A Guide to the Rotifers of the Laurentian Great
Lakes. RS Stemberger. 1979. U.S. EPA. EPA-600.
with additions from:
A
Lakewide Comparison of Zooplankton Biomass and Its Species Composition
in Lake Erie, 1983-87. Makarewicz, Joseph C.J. Great Lakes Res. 19(2):275-290.
1993.
A
Decade of Predatory Control of Zooplankton Species Composition of Lake
Michigan. Makarewicz, Joseph C., Bertram, Paul, Lewis, Theodore, and
Brown, Jr., Edward H. J. Great Lakes Res. 21(4):620-640. 1995.
Feasibility
of Shoreside Monitoring of the Great Lakes. Makarewicz, Joseph C. J.
Great Lakes Res. 17(3):344-360. 1991.
Lake
Huron Rotifer and Crustacean Zooplankton, APRIL-JULY, 1980. Evans, Marlene
S. J. Great Lakes Res. 12(4):281-292. 1986.
Seasonal
Abundance of Planktonic Rotifers in a Nearshore Area of Central Lake
Michigan. Duffy, Walter G., and Liston, Charles R. J. Great Lakes Res.
4(1):46-49. 1978.
Lake
Superior: an invasion coldspot? 2003. Igor A. Grigorovich, Alexei V.
Korniushin, Derek K. Gray, Ian C. Duggan, Robert I. Colautti& Hugh
J. MacIsaac. Hydrobiologia 499: 191–210.
Cephalodella auriculata |
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Alternative Names: Cephalodella auriculata = C. lacinulata, Proales gibba, Diaschiza lacinulata Profile: 120-140um. |
Cephalodella catellina |
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Alternative Names: Cephalodella catellina = Diglena catellina |
Cephalodella crassipes |
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Cephalodella forficula |
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Alternative Names: Cephalodella forficula = Furcularia forficula |
Cephalodella gibba |
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Alternative Names: Cephalodella gibba = Furcularia gibba, Diaschiza semiaptera Profile: Most common of the Great Lakes Cephalodella sp. An omnivore feeding on other rotifers, green algae and daitoms. 250-300um. |
Cephalodella gracilis |
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Alternative Names: Cephalodella gracilis = Furcularia gracilis |
Cephalodella intuta |
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Cephalodella megalocephala |
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Cephalodella parasitic |
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Alternative Names: Cephalodella parasitica = Pleurotrocha parasitica |
Cephalodella rotunda |
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Itura aurita |
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Great Lakes Species: Itura aurita Alternative Names: Itura aurita = Eosphora aurita |
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Monommata grandis |
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Monommata longiseta |
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Alternative Names: Monommata longiseta = Furcularia longiseta |
Notommata aurita |
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Profile: Carnivorous feeding on other rotifers and their eggs. 250-350um. |
Notommata brachyota |
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Notommata cerberus |
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Alternative Names: Notommata cerberus = Copeus cerberus |
Notommata collaris |
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Profile: Feeds on Closterium sp. |
Notommata copeus |
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Alternative Names: Notommata copeus = Copeus ehrenbergi, C. labiatus Profile: Feeds on filamentous Zygnematales. 600-1000um. |
Notommata cyrtopus |
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Notommata lenis |
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Notommata pachyura |
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Alternative Names: Notommata pachyura = Copeus pachyurus Profile: Feeds on solitary desmids. |
Notommata tripus |
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Pleurotricha petromyzon |
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Great Lakes Species: P. petromyzon Alternative Names: Pleurotricha petromyzon = Aka Notops laurentinus, Proales laurentinus |
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Scaridium longicaudum |
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Great Lakes Species: Scaridium longicaudum |
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Taphrocampa annulosa |
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Taphrocampa selenura |
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