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Family: Brachionidae (See list of species below)

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17 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Anuraeopsis fissa []	No picture found Brachionus angularis []	No picture found Brachionus bidentata []
No picture found Brachionus calyciflorus []	No picture found Brachionus caudatus []	No picture found Brachionus havanaensis []
No picture found Brachionus patulus []	No picture found Brachionus plicatilis []	No picture found Brachionus quadridentatus []
No picture found Brachionus rubens []	No picture found Brachionus urceolaris []	No picture found Keratella cochlearis []
No picture found Keratella quadrata []	No picture found Keratella tropica []	No picture found Keratella valga []
No picture found Platyias patulus []	No picture found Platyias quadricornis []

17 Species of Family Brachionidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anuraeopsis fissa		South America and Asia In
Brachionus angularis		Asia
Brachionus bidentata		Asia
Brachionus calyciflorus		Asia
Brachionus caudatus		Asia Inland Water
Brachionus havanaensis		Asia Inland Water
Brachionus patulus		Asia Inland Waters
Brachionus plicatilis		Asia Inland Water
Brachionus quadridentatus		South America and Asia In
Brachionus rubens		Asia
Brachionus urceolaris		Asia Inland Water
Keratella cochlearis		Circumglobal.
Keratella quadrata		Western Indian Ocean
Keratella tropica		Asia
Keratella valga		Asia Inland Water
Platyias patulus		Asia
Platyias quadricornis		South America and Asia In

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