Cotylegaleata, De, Willem H., 2007

De, Willem H., 2007, Cotylegaleatidae, a new family of Ploima (Rotifera: Monogononta), for Cotylegaleata perplexa gen. et sp. nov., from freshwater benthos of Belgium, Zootaxa 1425, pp. 35-43 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.175724
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6249109
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9878C-120B-FFA2-FF62-FBC851B4E449
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cotylegaleata
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Cotylegaleata View in CoL gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Characters as for the the family.

Type species. Cotylegaleata perplexa gen. et sp. nov. by monotypy.

Etymology. From the Greek cotyledon: cup-shaped hollow, sucker, and the Latin galeata: helmed, referring to the shape of the mouth region, and the shield covering the head.

Copyright notice

No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Rotifera
Class	Eurotatoria
Order	Ploima
Family	Cotylegaleatidae

Specimens

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