Rotifera

(Rotifers)

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Synonyms:  Anuraea cochlearis
                                          (Sivels 1945)

Subspecies also reported:
                   K. cochlearis hispida (Lauterborn)
                                           (Marsh, McGraw & Harrel 1978)
                   K. cochlearis macrocantha (Lauterborn)
                                           (Sublette 1953; Sublette 1955)
                   K. cochlearis tecta (Gosse)
                                           (Marsh, McGraw & Harrel 1978)

1945 Sivels

1953 Sublette
1955 Sublette

1962 Murphy

1971 Mackin
1973 Colbert
1973 Murphy et al.
1973 Pettitt
1974 Allard
1974 Pettitt

1975 Longley
1975 MacRae
1975 Phillips
1976 Bird
1978 Marsh McGraws Harrel

1984 Venneman

2001 Franks Clyde Dickson

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-planktonic (Pettitt 1974; Marsh, McGraw & Harrel 1978)

-probably the most common and widely distributed rotifer species (Ahlstrom 1943 in MacRae 1975)

-sometimes becomes the most abundant rotifer species in lakes (MacRae 1975; Marsh, McGraw & Harrel 1978)