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Rotifers

Trichocercidae
  

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

Family Trichocercidae

Image Link Scientific Name Lake Superior Lake Michigan

Lake Huron

 Lake Erie Lake Ontario Habitat
  Ascomophella volvocicola       x    
  Trichocerca spp. x x x x x Littoral, but many species common in the limnetic plankton. Found spring through fall with peaks in early summer or fall.
T. bicristata Trichocerca bicristata       x    
T. bicuspes Trichocerca bicuspes            
T. brachyura Trichocerca brachyura       x    
T. capucina Trichocerca capucina           Found in the psammon and littoral environments of the Great Lakes.
Trichocerca cylindrica Trichocerca cylindrica x x x x x  
T. elongata Trichocerca elongata       x    
T. gracilis Trichocerca gracilis            
T. inermis Trichocerca iernis           Found in the psammon and littoral environments of the Great Lakes.
T. insignis Trichocerca insignis       x    
T. insolens Trichocerca insolens   x       Found in the psammon and littoral environments of the Great Lakes.
T. lata Trichocerca lata       x    
T. longiseta Trichocerca longiseta   x   x    
  Trichocerca lophoessa       x   Found in the psammon and littoral environments of the Great Lakes.
  Trichocerca macera            
T. mucosa Trichocerca mucosa x   x x    
Trichocerca multicrinis Trichocerca multicrinis x x x x x  
T. porcellus Trichocerca porcellus x x x x x  
T. pusilla Trichocerca pusilla x x x x    
T. rattus Trichocerca rattus   x   x    
Trichocerca rousseleti Trichocerca rousseleti   x x      
T. scipio Trichocerca scipio            
Trichocerca similis Trichocerca similis     x x    
T. sulcata Trichocerca sulcata   x   x    
T. tenuior Trichocerca tenuior       x    
T. tigris Trichocerca tigris       x    
T. weberi Trichocerca weberi       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.

Ascomophella volvocicola

Great Lakes Species: Ascomophella volvocicola

Alternative names: Hertwigia volvocicola, H. parasita

  
 

 

Trichocerca bicristata

T. bicristata

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Alternative Names: T. bicristata = Mastigocerca bicristata, Rattulus bicristatus

Profile:Feeds on desmids. 250-300um.

 

Trichocerca bicuspes

T. bicuspes

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Alternative Names: T. bicuspes = Mastigocerca bicuspes, Rattulus bicuspes

 

Trichocerca brachyura

T. brachyura

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Alternative Names: T. brachyura = Coelopus brachyurus, Diurella brachyura

 

 

Trichocerca capucina

T. capucina

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Alternative Names: T. bicristata = T. capucina = Mastigocerca capucina, Rattulus capucinus

Profile: Feeds on the yolks of other rotifer eggs.

 

Trichocerca cylindrica

Trichocerca cylindrica

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

Alternative Names: T. cylindrica = Rattulus cylindricus

Profile: 260-310um.

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

 

Trichocerca elongata

T. elongata

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Alternative Names: T. elongata = Mastigocerca elongata, Rattulus elongatus; T. gracilis = R. gracilis

Profile: 245-460um.

 

Trichocerca gracilis

T. gracilis

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Alternative Names: T. gracilis = Rattulus gracilis

 

Trichocerca iernis

T. inermis

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Alternative Names: T. iernis = Rattulus gracilis

 

Trichocerca insignis

T. insignis

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Alternative Names: T. insignis = Diurella insignis

Profile: Feeds on Chaetophorales and Ulothricales. 130-140um.

 

Trichocerca insolens

T. insolens

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Profile:

 

Trichocerca lata

T. lata

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Alternative Names: T. lata = Mastigocerca lata, Rattulus latus

Profile: 155-180um.

 

Trichocerca longiseta

T. longiseta

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Alternative Names: T. longiseta = Mastigocerca bicornis, Rattulus longiseta

Profile: Feeds on Zygnematales. 295-330um.

 

Trichocerca lophoessa

 

 

Profile:

 

Trichocerca macera

 

Alternative Names: T. macera = Rattulus macerus

Profile:

 

Trichocerca mucosa

T. mucosa

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Alternative Names: T. mucosa = Mastigocerca mucosa, Rattulus mucosus

Profile: 180-200um.

 

Trichocerca multicrinis

Trichocerca multicrinis

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

Alternative Names: T. multicrinis = Mastigocerca multicrinis, Rattulus multicrinis

Profile: 90-100um.

 

Trichocerca porcellus

T. porcellus

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Alternative Names: T. porcellus = Coelopus porcellus, Diurella porcellus

Profile: 140-150um.

More photos and information:

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

 

Trichocerca pusilla

T. pusilla

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Alternative Names: T. pusilla = Rattulus pusillus

Profile: 85-120um.

 

Trichocerca rattus

T. rattus

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Alternative Names: T. rattus = Rattulus carcinatus, Rattulus rattus, Mastigocerca carcinata, Mastigocerca rattus

Profile: 170-180um.

 

Trichocerca rousseleti

Trichocerca rousseleti

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

Alternative Names: T. rousseleti = Diurella rousseleti

Profile: 85-110um.

More photos and information:

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

 

Trichocerca scipio

T. scipio

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Alternative Names: T. scipio = Rattulus scipio

 

Trichocerca similis

Trichocerca similis

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

Alternative Names: T. similis = Diurella stylata

Profile: 215-225um.

 

Trichocerca sulcata

T. sulcata

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Alternative Names: T. sulcata = Rattulus sulcatus, Diurella sulcata

 

Trichocerca tenuior

T. tenuior

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Alternative Names: T. tenuior = Coelopus tenuior, Diurella tenuior

 

Trichocerca tigris

T. tigris

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Alternative Names: T. tigris = Diurella tigris

 

Trichocerca weberi

T. weberi

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Alternative Names: T. weberi = Diurellaweberi

 

 

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