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Rotifer Identification: Lepadellidae. Classification Morphology: Lorica Trophi Identification do’s and don’ts Biogeography Ecology. Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010. Classification. Lepadellidae Harring, 1913 Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 (20 spp.)
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Rotifer Identification: Lepadellidae • Classification • Morphology: • Lorica • Trophi • Identification do’s and don’ts • Biogeography • Ecology Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Classification Lepadellidae Harring, 1913 • ColurellaBory de St. Vincent, 1824 (20 spp.) • LepadellaBory de St. Vincent, 1826 (122 spp.) Subgenera: • Heterolepadella Bartos, 1955 • Xenolepadella Hauer, 1926 • Paracolurella Myers, 1936 (2 spp.) • Squatinella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 (6 spp.) Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Morphology: Family Characters • Trophi: Malleate • Body: • Loricate • Withheadshield Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Colurella Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Colurella: a difficult taxon! Colurella psammophila 3-5 – Colurella colurus f. compressa6 Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Lepadella Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Lepadella Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Lepadella Heterolepadella Xenolepadella Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Paracolurella Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Squatinella Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Identification do’s and don’ts • Do: • Always: 1000x, immersion oil • Well-contracted specimens! • External morphology • Carefull: watch out for: • Lorica ornamentation – use the “dry dorsal plate” trick • Cross section! • Don’t: • Squeeze the animals Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Biogeography ? Some endemics Some cosmopolitan Hue University Rotifer Taxonomy workshop 6-12 March 2010
Ecology • Marine: several, psammobiontic • Brackish water: several • Freshwater: the rest • Littoral • Psammobiontic • Habitat requirements: diverse • Feeding: browsersonbacteria film