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Rotifers

Tylotrochidae

  

Link to previous page in the rotifer galleryLink to next page in the rotifer galleryClass Monogononta-Order Ploima

Family Tylotrochidae

Image Link Scientific Name Lake Superior* Lake Michigan

Lake Huron

Lake Erie Lake Ontario Habitat
T. monopus Tylotrocha monopus   x x x   Uncommon littoral species, occassionally limnetic spring-fall.

Chart based on: A Guide to the Rotifers of the Laurentian Great Lakes. RS Stemberger. 1979. U.S. EPA. EPA-600.
with additions from:
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.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.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.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.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.Feasibility of Shoreside Monitoring of the Great Lakes. Makarewicz, Joseph C. J. Great Lakes Res. 17(3):344-360. 1991.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.Lake Huron Rotifer and Crustacean Zooplankton, APRIL-JULY, 1980. Evans, Marlene S. J. Great Lakes Res. 12(4):281-292. 1986.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.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.

Tylotrocha monopus

Great Lakes Species: Tylotrocha monopus

Alternative Names: Tylotrocha monopus = Notommata monopus

Other Species in the Great Lakes region:

Profile: 175-250um.

T. monopus

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.Information provided with the permission of The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA


  
 
 
   
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