Habrotrocha

Habrotrocha; Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Habrotrocha rosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Rotifera
Class:	Bdelloidea
Order:	Bdelloida
Family:	Habrotrochidae
Genus:	Habrotrocha; Bryce, 1910
Species
	Several, including: Habrotrocha elegans; Habrotrocha rosa;

Habrotrocha is a genus of bdelloid rotifers.

Late Eocene fossils of Habrotrocha in Dominican amber are among the oldest known fossil rotiferans.^[2]

Habrotrochid rotifers seem to have persisted for 35 million years with very little change in morphology or ecological role.^[3]

References

^ On a new classification of the bdelloid Rotifera. D Bryce, 1910
^ Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber". Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/bf01923421. S2CID 28087284.
^ Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993-04-01). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber". Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/BF01923421. ISSN 1420-9071.

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