Filinia

Filinia
Filinia longiseta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Monogononta
Order: Flosculariaceae
Family: Trochosphaeridae
Genus: Filinia
Bory De St. Vincent, 1824
Synonyms
List
  • Fadeewella Smirnov, 1928
  • Filina Bory de St.Vincent, 1826
  • Parafilinia Sudzuki, 1989
  • Pedetes Gosse, 1886
  • Tetramastix Zacharias, 1898
  • Triarthra Ehrenberg, 1832

Filinia is a genus of rotifers in the family Trochosphaeridae.

The genus was first described by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1824.

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.