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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. (1993). Cephalodella edax. sp. nov. A rotifer parasitic in the motile colonial alga Uroglena volvox Ehrenberg. In: Gilbert, J.J., Lubzens, E., Miracle, M.R. (eds) Rotifer Symposium VI. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 83. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1606-0_58
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