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Asplanchna priodonta

Synonyms: Asplanchna priodonta sirakabana

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Asterionella formosa[1]
Bosmina longirostris[1]
Ceratium hirundinella[1]
Conochilus unicornis (rotifer)[1]
Elakatothrix genevensis[1]
Filinia longiseta[1]
Filinia terminalis[1]
Gymnodinium helveticum[1]
Kellicottia longispina[1]
Keratella cochlearis[1]

Predators

Acanthobrama terraesanctae (Kinneret bleak)[2]
Gasterosteus aculeatus (Alaskan stickleback)[1]

Distribution

Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Australian, Oriental, Nearctic, Neotropic;

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Citations

Species recognized by Segers H., 2007, FADA Rotifera: Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera) in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Food web topology and parasites in the pelagic zone of a subarctic lake, Per-Arne Amundsen, Kevin D. Lafferty, Rune Knudsen, Raul Primicerio, Anders Klemetsen and Armand M. Kuris, Journal of Animal Ecology 2009, 78, 563–572 ♦ 2Azoulay, B. and M. Gophen, 1992. Feeding habits of larval Mirogrex terraesanctae (Steinitz, 1952) in Lake Kinneret I. Field study. Hydrobiologia 246(3):243-249
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