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 and occurs in fresh and brackish waters.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Filinia: Filinia australiensis Koste, 1980 Filinia brachiata (Rousselet, 1901) Filinia camasecla Myers, 1938 Filinia cornuta (Weisse, 1848) Filinia grandis Koste & Shiel, 1980 Filinia hofmanni Koste, 1980 Filinia limnetica (Zacharias, 1893) Filinia longiseta (Ehrenberg, 1834) Filinia minuta (Smirnov, 1928) Filinia novaezealandiae Shiel & Sanoamuang, 1993 Filinia opoliensis (Zacharias, 1898) Filinia passa (Müller, 1786) Filinia pejleri Hutchinson, 1964 Filinia saltator (Gosse, 1886) Filinia terminalis (Plate, 1886)
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