| Habrotrocha Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Habrotrocha rosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Rotifera |
| Class: | Bdelloidea |
| Order: | Bdelloida |
| Family: | Habrotrochidae |
| Genus: | Habrotrocha Bryce, 1910 |
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Habrotrocha is a genus of bdelloid rotifers.
Late Eocene fossils of Habrotrocha in Dominican amber are among the oldest known fossil rotiferans.
Habrotrochid rotifers seem to have persisted for 35 million years with very little change in morphology or ecological role.
References
- On a new classification of the bdelloid Rotifera. D Bryce, 1910
- Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber". Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/bf01923421. S2CID 28087284.
- Waggoner, B. M.; Poinar, G. O. (1993-04-01). "Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber". Experientia. 49 (4): 354–357. doi:10.1007/BF01923421. ISSN 1420-9071.
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