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Class
Digononta - Order Bdelloida
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Scientific Name | Lake Superior* | Lake Michigan | Lake Huron |
Lake Erie | Lake Ontario | Habitat |
Family Philodinidae |
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Dissotrocha aculeata | x | ||||||
Dissotrocha macrostyla | x | x | |||||
Macrotrachela musculosa | x | ||||||
Philodina spp. | |||||||
Philodina citrina | x | ||||||
Philodina inopinata | x | ||||||
Philodina megalotrocha | x | ||||||
Philodina roseola | x | ||||||
Rotaria spp. | |||||||
Rotaria elongata | x | ||||||
Rotaria macroceros | x | ||||||
Rotaria macrura | x | ||||||
Rotaria mento | |||||||
Rotaria neptunia | x | ||||||
Rotaria rotatoria | x | ||||||
Rotaria tardigrada | x | ||||||
Rotaria trisecata |
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.
*None of the consulted references included information on Lake Superior rotifers.
Dissotrocha spp. |
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Great Lakes Species: D. aculeata, D. macrostyla Alternative Names: Dissotrocha aculeata = Philodina aculeata; Dissotrocha macrostyla = Philodina macrostyla |
Macrotrachela musculosa |
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Great Lakes Species: M. musculosa Alternative Names: Macrotrachela musculosa = Callidina musculosa |
Philodina spp. |
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Great Lakes Species: P. citrina |
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P. inopinata |
P. megalotrocha |
Rotaria spp. |
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R. macrura Information Provided with the Permission of The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA |
Great Lakes Species: R. elongata, R. macroceros, R. macrura, R. mento, R. neptunia, R. rotatoria, R. tardigrada, R. trisecata Alternative Names: Rotaria elongata = Rotifer elongatus; Rotaria macroceros = Rotifer macroceros; Rotaria macrura = Rotifer macrurus; Rotaria mento = Rotifer mento; Rotaria neptunia = Rotifer neptunius, R. actinurus; Rotaria rotatoria = Rotifer vulgaris; Rotaria tardigrada = Rotifer tardus; Rotaria trisecata = Rotifer trisecatus |