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Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
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Class
Monogononta - Order Ploima
Family Asplanchnidae
| Image Link | Scientific Name | Lake Superior | Lake Michigan | Lake Huron |
Lake Erie | Lake Ontario | Habitat |
| Asplanchna sp. | |||||||
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Asplanchna brightwelli | x | Saginaw Bay, 1974. | ||||
| Asplanchna girodi | Inland waters of the Great Lakes region. | ||||||
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Asplanchna herricki | x | x | x | Co-occurs with A. Priodonta in the fall. | ||
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Asplanchna priodonta | x | x | x | x | x | Most common of the Asplanchna sp. peak abundance in spring and summer. |
| Asplanchna sieboldi | Inland waters of the Great Lakes region. | ||||||
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Asplanchnopus multiceps | 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.
Asplanchna brightwelli. |
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Profile: Large, sac-shaped organisms; transparent. Omnivores. Feeds on green algae, diatoms, and the rotifers Synchaeta, and Brachionus as well as juvenile copepods. 500-1500um.
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Asplanchna herricki. |
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Profile: Large, sac-shaped organisms; transparent. Omnivores. Diet similar to A. Priodonta but more carnivorous - will prey on small bosminids. 500-1500um. |
Asplanchna priodonta |
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Profile: Large, sac-shaped organisms; transparent. Omnivores. Feeds on centric diatoms and dinoflagellates as well as rotifers (e.g., Keratella and Synchaeta) with single tail spines. Foot, gut and anus are absent. Undigested food is exvomited. Two little, red eyes. 420-1500um. |
Asplanchnopus multiceps. |
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Alternative Names: Asplanchnopus multiceps = A. myrmyleo |
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