ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE BRACHIONIDAE - DESCRIPTION OF PLATIONUS N-GEN (ROTIFERA, MONOGONONTA)

Authors
SEGERS H MURUGAN G DUMONT HJ
Citation
H. Segers et al., ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE BRACHIONIDAE - DESCRIPTION OF PLATIONUS N-GEN (ROTIFERA, MONOGONONTA), Hydrobiologia, 268(1), 1993, pp. 1-8
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
268
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1993)268:1<1:OTTOTB>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Based on S.E.M. studies of trophi, the generic diagnosis of Brachionus Pallas and Platyias Harring is refined. Plationus n. gen. is erected to accommodate the former B. patulus-group. Platyias latiscapularis is elevated to full specific rank.