Brachionus plicatilis

Brachionus plicatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Monogononta
Order: Ploima
Family: Brachionidae
Genus: Brachionus
Species:
B. plicatilis
Binomial name
Brachionus plicatilis
(Müller, 1786)

Brachionus plicatilis is a euryhaline (tolerate a wide range of salinity) rotifer in the family Brachionidae, and is possibly the only commercially important rotifer, being raised in the aquaculture industry as food for fish larvae. It has a broad distribution in salt lakes around the world and has become a model system for studies in ecology and evolution.


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