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Euchlanis
Sign in to saveEuchlanis is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
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It sits within the topics Ploima, Rotifer genera and Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumRotifera
- ClassEurotatoria
- OrderPloima
- FamilyEuchlanidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Euchlanidae
- Collections
- USNM, YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK, AM
- Recorded in
- United States, India, United Kingdom, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Euchlanidae
- Image
- Euchlanis triquetra 129956519.jpg
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- taxon name
- Euchlanis
- taxon rank
- genus
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- References
Euchlanis is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic circular arrangement of cilia at their front ends that is reminiscent of a turning wheel when they are in motion. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Euchlanis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.