genus

Gastropus

Gastropus

Field notes

Gastropus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr), meaning "belly", and πούς (poús), meaning "foot", is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Gastropodidae.

The species of this genus are found in Europe, Australia and Northern America.

Species:

Gastropus hyptopus (Ehrenberg, 1838)

Gastropus minor (Rousselet, 1892)

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