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Phylum: Rotatoria Class: Monogononta Order: Ploima Family Brachionidae Kellicottia bostoniensis Description: Plate 016a. Dorsal view of Kellicottia bostoniensis .
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Phylum: Rotatoria Class: Monogononta Order: Ploima Family Brachionidae Kellicottia bostoniensis Description: Plate 016a. Dorsal view of Kellicottia bostoniensis. Plate 016b. Lorica of Kellicottia bostoniensis. Two species of Kellicottia exist, K. longispina which has 6 anterior spines, and K. bostoniensis which has 4. Very common planktonic rotifer in freshwaters, pelagic more so than littoral. Throughout U.S.