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Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
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Class
Digononta - Order Bdelloida
Family Philodinidae
Least known of the Great Lakes rotifer groups. These organisms are very fragile and often destroyed in the standard collection processes. This list should be considered incomplete. Common at the outfall of rivers and benthic. Strictly parthenogenetic - there are no male bdelloid rotifers. Bdellodoid rotifers can also undergo 'cryptobiosis' - that is, they enter a resting stage when dried out from which they can later be rehydrated.
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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. | |||||||
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Philodina citrina | x | |||||
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Philodina inopinata | x | |||||
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Philodina megalotrocha | x | |||||
| Philodina roseola | x | ||||||
| Rotaria spp. | |||||||
| Rotaria elongata | x | ||||||
| Rotaria macroceros | x | ||||||
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Rotaria macrura | x | |||||
| Rotaria mento | |||||||
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Rotaria neptunia | x | |||||
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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 |
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Rotaria spp. |
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R. macrura
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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 |
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