Keratella cochlearis

Scientific Name:-

Keratella cochlearis

Common Name:-

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Rotifera

Status:-

Not evaluated.

Description:-

Lorica with a stout posterior median spine.Total length 310-346 µm; max. width 149-151 µm. Anterior median spines two, longer than the lateral spines, bend outwards, flanked by a ‘V’ shaped sinus. Dorsum with characteristic median longitudinal line, with symmetrically arranged plaques on either side.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Cosmopolitan and euryhaline species, recorded from the brackish water bodies of Kerala

Habitat:-

Estuarine and freshwater.

Synonyms:-

Anuraeacochlearis Gosse, 1851

References:-

Molly Varghese and L.Krishnan (2008).A preliminary study on rotifer fauna of Cochin backwaters, Kerala J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 50 (1) : 119 – 121.
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