Ploima

Ploima
Kellicottia longispina and Keratella cochlearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Rotifera
Class:	Eurotifera
Order:	Ploima (Hudson & Gosse, 1886)[1]
Families
15, See text

Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.

Families

According to the World Register of Marine Species, Ploima includes the following fifteen families:^[1]

• Asplanchnidae
• Brachionidae
• Dicranophoridae
• Epiphanidae
• Euchlanidae
• Gastropodidae
• Lecanidae
• Lepadellidae
• Lindiidae
• Mytilinidae
• Notommatidae
• Proalidae
• Synchaetidae
• Trichocercidae
• Trichotriidae

References