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Asplanchna brightwelli
 
Phylum Rotifera
Class Monogononta
Order Ploima
Family Asplanchnidae
 
Distinguishing Characteristics
  • Foot not present
  • Lobes in stomach
  • U-shaped vitellarium
  • Asplanchna subgenus is characterized by a “horseshoe-shaped yolk gland”(4)
Ecology and Behavior
 
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