Abstract
A new form of Habrotrocha rosa Donner 1949 and aspects of its life as an inquiline of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea L. are described.
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Bateman, L.E. (1987). A bdelloid rotifer living as an inquiline in leaves of the pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea . In: May, L., Wallace, R., Herzig, A. (eds) Rotifer Symposium IV. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4059-8_18
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