young persons guide to the identification of bdelloid rotifers
Identification of bdelloid rotifers is not easy. There are some very good keys for the identification, they are scientifically corect, but for the beginner it is difficultt to understand.
 
Dental formula of bdelloids
What is a dental formula?
The following table gives a rough information about the dental formula of the trophi of bdelloid rotifers. This table does not incorporate dental formulas with different number of major teeth for the two unci, like for example 3 / 3+1 . For a detailed list see here
Genus
Number of teeth / Dental formula
 
  01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10  
Abrochtha                  
Adineta                    
Anomopus                  
Bradyscela                    
Ceratotrocha                  
Didymodactylos                
Dissotrocha                    
Embata                    
Habrotrocha    
Henoceros                  
Macrotrachela          
Mniobia                
Otostephanos          
Philodina              
Philodinavus                  
Pleuretra                  
Pseudoembata                    
Rotaria                  
Scepanotrocha      
Zelinkiella                    
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
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