Abrochtha meselsoni
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Taxonavigation: Bdelloida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Philodinavidae
Genus: Abrochtha
Species:Abrochtha meselsoni
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Abrochtha meselsoni Birky, Ricci, Melone & Fontaneto, 2011
- Type locality: Angelfish Pool, on the east rim of Squirrel Canyon (Fish Creek), Virginia Dale, Coloado, USA, 40°57′21.6′′N, 105°22′19.4′′W, altitude 2190 m.
- Etymology: The species is dedicated to the work of Matthew Stanley Meselson, from Harvard University, on the evolutionary genetics of bdelloid rotifers.
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- Birky, C.W. Jr.; Ricci, C.; Melone, G.; Fontaneto, D. (2011): Integrating DNA and morphological taxonomy to describe diversity in poorly studied microscopic animals: new species of the genus Abrochtha Bryce, 1910 (Rotifera: Bdelloidea: Philodinavidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (4): 723–734. [1]