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Cephalodella edax. sp. nov. A rotifer parasitic in the motile colonial alga Uroglena volvox Ehrenberg

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A monogonont rotifer found parasitizing colonies of the motile alga Uroglena volvox Ehrenberg in two north English lakes is described as a new species. Diagnostic taxonomic details are given together with remarks on other rotifers known to occur in motile colonies of algae.

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Hollowday, E.D. Cephalodella edax. sp. nov. A rotifer parasitic in the motile colonial alga Uroglena volvox Ehrenberg. Hydrobiologia 255, 445–448 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025871

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