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Rotifers

Collothecidae
  

Link to previous page in the rotifer galleryLink to next page in the rotifer galleryClass Monogononta-Order Collothecaceae

Family Collothecidae

Image Link Scientific Name Lake Superior Lake Michigan

Lake Huron

 Lake Erie Lake Ontario Habitat
  Collotheca spp.           Littoral.
  Collotheca algicola            
  Collotheca ambigua       x    
C. campanulata Collotheca campanulata       x    
  Collotheca cornuta       x    
  Collotheca edentata       x    
Collotheca mutabilis Collotheca mutabilis   x x x x Commonly occurs in the plankton late summer through early fall.
C. ornata Collotheca ornata       x    
Collotheca pelagica Collotheca pelagica x x x     Commonly occurs in the plankton.
  Cupelopagis vorax       x    
  Stephanoceros spp.            
Stephanoceros fimbriatus used with permission of the PA Academy of Sciences Stephanoceros fimbriatus x x x x   Probable benthic species occassionally found in the limnetic zone. Normally attached to a substrate. Reported only in summer.
  Stephanoceros millsi       x    

Based on: A Guide to the Rotifers of the Laurentian Great Lakes. RS Stemberger. 1979. U.S. EPA. EPA-600.
with additions from:
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.A Lakewide Comparison of Zooplankton Biomass and Its Species Composition in Lake Erie, 1983-87. Makarewicz, Joseph C.J. Great Lakes Res. 19(2):275-290. 1993.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.A Decade of Predatory Control of Zooplankton Species Composition of Lake Michigan. Makarewicz, Joseph C., Bertram, Paul, Lewis, Theodore, and Brown, Jr., Edward H. J. Great Lakes Res. 21(4):620-640. 1995.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.Feasibility of Shoreside Monitoring of the Great Lakes. Makarewicz, Joseph C. J. Great Lakes Res. 17(3):344-360. 1991.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.Lake Huron Rotifer and Crustacean Zooplankton, APRIL-JULY, 1980. Evans, Marlene S. J. Great Lakes Res. 12(4):281-292. 1986.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.Seasonal Abundance of Planktonic Rotifers in a Nearshore Area of Central Lake Michigan. Duffy, Walter G., and Liston, Charles R. J. Great Lakes Res. 4(1):46-49. 1978.
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.Lake Superior: an invasion coldspot? 2003. Igor A. Grigorovich, Alexei V. Korniushin, Derek K. Gray, Ian C. Duggan, Robert I. Colautti& Hugh J. MacIsaac. Hydrobiologia 499: 191-210.

 

Collotheca algicola

 

 

Alternative Names: Collotheca = Floscularia Profile: Have specialized funnel-like corona studded with bristles to trap prey such as protozoans and rotifers.

 

Collotheca ambigua

 

 

Alternative Names: Collotheca = Floscularia Profile: Have specialized funnel-like corona studded with bristles to trap prey such as protozoans and rotifers.

 

Collotheca campanulata

C. campanulata

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site. Information provided with permission of The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

Alternative Names: Collotheca = Floscularia Profile: Have specialized funnel-like corona studded with bristles to trap prey such as protozoans and rotifers.

 

Collotheca cornuta

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site. Q-T Movie of a feeding Collotheca

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site. The Homepage of Ruediger Rudolf

Alternative Names: Collotheca = Floscularia, Collotheca ornata cornuta

Profile: Have specialized funnel-like corona studded with bristles to trap prey such as protozoans and rotifers.

 

Collotheca edentata

 

 

Alternative Names: Collotheca = Floscularia Profile: Have specialized funnel-like corona studded with bristles to trap prey such as protozoans and rotifers.

 

Collotheca mutabilis

Collotheca mutabilis

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.An Image-Based Key To The Zooplankton Of The Northeast (USA)

Alternative Names: Collotheca = Floscularia

Profile: Have specialized funnel-like corona studded with bristles to trap prey such as protozoans and rotifers.
C. mutabilis - 178-315um.

Additional photos and information:

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Collotheca ornata

C. ornata

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Alternative Names: Collotheca = Floscularia

Profile: Have specialized funnel-like corona studded with bristles to trap prey such as protozoans and rotifers.

See also:

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site. Q-T Movie of a feeding Collotheca
Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site. The Homepage of Ruediger Rudolf

 

Collotheca pelagica

Collotheca pelagica

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA site.An Image-Based Key To The Zooplankton Of The Northeast (USA)

Alternative Names: Collotheca = Floscularia

Profile: Have specialized funnel-like corona studded with bristles to trap prey such as protozoans and rotifers. 275-400um.

More photos and information:

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Cupelopagis vorax

Cupelopagis vorax photo courtesy of MicrOscOpies

MicrOscOpies

Great Lakes Species: Cupelopagis vorax

Alternative Names: Cupelopagis vorax = Apsilus lentiformis, A. bipera

Stephanoceros spp.

Stephanoceros fimbriatus used with permission of the PA Academy of Sciences

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Great Lakes Species: S. fimbriatus, S. millsi

Alternative Names: Stephanoceros fimbriatus = S. eichhorni; Stephanoceros millsi = Floscularia millsi

Profile:
S. fimbriatus - Feeds by trapping its prey in the bristles of the coronal lobes. 900-1500um
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