A new species of planktonic rotifer, Keratella trapezoida n. sp. is described from the Yangtze River, P.R. China. The new morphospecies is characterized by its four enclosed dorsal median facets, nearly trapezoid shape of the first median facet on dorsal plate, and the caudal median facet with parallel margins and being open posteriorly.
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Zhuge, Y., & Huang, X. (1998). On a new species of Keratella (Rotifera: Monogononta: Brachionidae). In Hydrobiologia (Vol. 387–388, pp. 35–37). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8_6
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