Brachionus calyciflorus
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Brachionus
calyciflorus is a plankton
ic rotifer
species
occurring in freshwater
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Brachionus
Brachionus is a genus of planktonic rotifers occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water.-Species:e.g. Brachionus calyciflorus,Brachionus plicatilis s.s.,Brachionus ibericus,Brachionus rotundiformis,...
calyciflorus is a plankton
Plankton
Plankton are any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...
ic rotifer
Rotifer
The rotifers make up a phylum of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals. They were first described by Rev. John Harris in 1696, and other forms were described by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1703...
species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
occurring in freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
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Use
- model organism in e.g. aquatic toxicology and evolutionary ecology
- hatchery food for larval fish
Reproduction
- Cyclical parthenogenesisParthenogenesisParthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction found in females, where growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization by a male...
- Transitions to obligate parthenogenesis have been observed