Seison

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Seison
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Pararotatoria
Sudzuki, 1964
Subclass: Seisonacea
Wesenberg-Lund, 1899
Family: Seisonidae
Wesenberg-Lund, 1899
Genus: Seison
Grube, 1859
Species

Seison annulatus
Seison nebaliae
Seison africanus

Seison is a genus of rotifer, found on the gills of Nebalia, a marine crustacean. Peculiar among rotifers, males and females are both present and equal in size. It is considered to have diverged from the other rotifers early on, and is treated in a separate class, Pararotatoria.

[edit] References

Sorensen et al. (2005). "On a new Seison Grube, 1861 from coastal waters of Kenya, with a reappraisal of the classification of the Seisonida (Rotifera)". Zoological Studies 44 (1): 34–43. 

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