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Phylum: Rotatoria Class: Monogononta Order: Ploima Family Brachionidae Keratella cochlearis Description: Plate 014a. Dorsal view of Keratella cochlearis . Plate 014b. Ventral view of Keratella cochlearis .
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Phylum: Rotatoria Class: Monogononta Order: Ploima Family Brachionidae Keratella cochlearis Description: Plate 014a. Dorsal view of Keratella cochlearis. Plate 014b. Ventral view of Keratella cochlearis. A common rotifer found through Florida and the U.S, about 15 species distinguished by spination and sculpture of dorsal plate of lorica. Probably the most common planktonic rotifer. Cyclomorphosis is pronounced.