Brachionus
Common Name: Brachionus
Scientific Name: Brachionus
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Monogononta
Other Taxonomy: Order: Plioma Family: Brachionidae
Specimen #: 97
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water.
Relationship with humans: Rotifers such as Brachionus calyciflorus are favored test animals in aquatic toxicology because of their sensitivity to most toxicants. They also are used as model organisms in various other biological fields e.g. due to their interesting reproductive mode in evolutionary ecology. Brachionus spp. are easily reared in large numbers and because of this are used to substitute for wild zooplankton for feeding hatchery reared larval fish. However, the composition of rotifers generally does not satisfy the nutritional requirements of fish larvae,[2]and large amounts of research has been invested in improving the lipid, vitamin and mineral composition of rotifers to better meet the requirements of fish larvae
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachionus
Scientific Name: Brachionus
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Monogononta
Other Taxonomy: Order: Plioma Family: Brachionidae
Specimen #: 97
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water.
Relationship with humans: Rotifers such as Brachionus calyciflorus are favored test animals in aquatic toxicology because of their sensitivity to most toxicants. They also are used as model organisms in various other biological fields e.g. due to their interesting reproductive mode in evolutionary ecology. Brachionus spp. are easily reared in large numbers and because of this are used to substitute for wild zooplankton for feeding hatchery reared larval fish. However, the composition of rotifers generally does not satisfy the nutritional requirements of fish larvae,[2]and large amounts of research has been invested in improving the lipid, vitamin and mineral composition of rotifers to better meet the requirements of fish larvae
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachionus