wheel animalcule

[Pape, Thomas]

While rotifers have often been called wheel animalcules, there is an
entire phylum (hrmm... only one species till now) called Cycliophora,
meaning "small-wheel bearer" (e.g.,
http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/phylum/pandora.html).

Thomas Pape
Natural History Museum of Denmark



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Sent: 8. marts 2006 16:08
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Subject: Re: [TAXACOM] wheel animalcule

Branchiostoma is the type genus for Branchiostomidae, and Amphioxus is a
junior synonym (no matter how much we like to use it cuz we learned this
one first!).
This is not the wheel animacule.  Check rotifers.
Common name is lancelet.
Robin Leech

----- Original Message -----
From: "Santhosh S.Nair" <nairssanthosh at GMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:05 PM
Subject: wheel animalcule


Dear all,

I should be grateful to you if you could suggest an answer for a query
that I met within a test paper.

Which of the following is the 'Wheel Animalcule'
a. Amphioxus
b. Noctiluca

I have heard that Rotifers are called wheel animalcules.
But from the two option which is more correct?
I appreciate call your positive suggestions Thank you in advance cheers


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