Monogonont

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Monogononts
Polyarthra
Polyarthra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Monogononta
Plate, 1889
Orders

Flosculariida
Ploimida
Collothecida

The monogononts (Monogononta) are a class of rotifers, found mostly in freshwater but also in soil and marine environments. They include both free-swimming and sessile forms. Monogononts generally have a reduced corona, and each individual has a single gonad, which gives the group its name. Males are generally smaller than females, and are produced only during certain times of the year, with females otherwise reproducing through parthenogenesis.

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