Asplanchna brightwellii

Asplanchna brightwellii are a species of rotifer from the genus Asplanchna. They are known to inhabit eutrophic water.^[2] The sac-like freshwater rotifier is known to eat cladocerans, protozoans, and other rotifers.^[2][3] A. brightwelli are relatively large for rotifiers, transparent and ovoviviparous which makes the species ideal for morphological studies.^[4]

Asplanchna brightwellii
figure h is the incudate jaws of Aplanchna brightwellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Rotifera
Class:	Monogononta
Order:	Ploima
Family:	Asplanchnidae
Genus:	Asplanchna
Species:	A. brightwellii
Binomial name
Asplanchna brightwellii Gosse, 1850[1]