Kellicottia bostoniensis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Rotifera |
| Class: | Monogononta |
| Order: | Ploima |
| Family: | Brachionidae |
| Genus: | Kellicottia |
| Species: | K. bostoniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908)[1]
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Kellicottia bostoniensis is a type of freshwater, planktonic rotifer. K. bostoniensis belongs to the family Brachionidae. K. bostoniensis is originally from North America, but invasive populations can now be found in Europe, Asia and South America as well.[2][3]
Taxonomy
The species K. bostoniensis was first described by Charles F. Rousselet in 1908. It was first discovered in a lake in Boston, Massachusetts. At that time it was called Notholca bostoniensis. Later in 1938 E.H. Ahlstrom reclassified Notholca bostoniensis as K. bostoniensis now belonging to the genus kellicottia.[2]
Description
K. bostoniensis possesses a lorica with long anterior and posterior spines. The body of K. bostoniensis is usually between 236 and 440 micrometers long with a positive correlation between spine length. The largest K. bostoniensis are usually found in deep clear mesotrophic water. The trophi (mastax) internal structure has been described using scanning electron microscopy.[4]
Distribution
Native range
K. bostoniensis is originally from North America.[2][3] There are samples of K. bostoniensis from North America at the National Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
Introduced range
K. bostoniensis has spread to multiple continents through various invasive pathways.
Europe
K. bostoniensis was first found in Sweden in 1943. Then it spread to Finland, the Netherlands, France and Russia.[2] In Russia it has been documented in over 40 bodies of water, including the Volga River Basin.[4][5]
Asia
K. bostoniensis was first found in Japan then documented in South Korea.[3]
South America
K. bostoniensis was first found in Argentina and Brazil, now it can be found throughout South America.[6][7][8] In 2022 it was found in Colombia marking the northernmost South American occurrence.[2]
Ecology
K. bostoniensis can live in many types of freshwater such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers and wetlands.[6][7][8] K. bostoniensis can tolerate diverse water conditions ranging from waters of 5°–12° Celsius, dissolved oxygen concentrations as low as 2.5mg/L, and water color ranging from 30–500 ppm on the platin-cobalt scale.[4]
In invasive ranges K. bostoniensis thrives with the most abundance in mesotropic to low eutrophic conditions. K. bostoniensis shows very little effect on the zooplankton populations, and native species seem to exhibit ineffective biotic resistance to their establishment.[3]
Co-occurrence with congeners
In lakes and reservoirs K. bostoniensis may live with another type of rotifer called K. longispina, though K. bostoniensis usually lives in isolation in shallow waters.[5]
Invasion pathways
The species' introduction to non-native ranges is not completely understood though there are thought to be some migratory mechanics that have made an effect of the invasion of K. bostoniensis. Resting eggs may have been picked up by migrating birds, ballast waters drawn in by ships and expunged at their destination, and possible wind dispersal due to the high rates of basin-wide spread of established K. bostoniensis populations.[2][6][7]
Most studies have been done on invasive populations leaving a research gap on the ecology of native North American populations.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f Villabona-González, Silvia Lucía; López-Cardona, Yury Catalina (2022-11-25). "Primeros registros del rotífero invasor Kellicottia bostoniensis Rousselet, 1908 en diferentes ecosistemas de Colombia". Revista Peruana de Biología. 29 (4) e23897. doi:10.15381/rpb.v29i4.23897. ISSN 1727-9933.
- ^ a b c d Hong, Geun-Hyeok; Choi, Yerim; Lee, Dae-Hee; Kim, Jeong-Hui; Chang, Kwang-Hyeon; Oh, Hye-Ji (2025-01-19). "The Response Patterns of Non-Native Rotifer Species Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) to Environmental Factors and Its Relationship with Potential Competitors and Predators". Water. 17 (2): 273. doi:10.3390/w17020273. ISSN 2073-4441.
- ^ a b c d Zhdanova, S. M.; Lazareva, V. I.; Bayanov, N. G.; Lobunicheva, E. V.; Rodionova, N. V.; Shurganova, G. V.; Zolotareva, T. V.; Il'in, M. Yu. (2019-04-01). "Morphological Variability of Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) (Rotifera: Brachionidae) in Waterbodies of European Russia". Inland Water Biology. 12 (2): 140–149. doi:10.1134/S1995082919020184. ISSN 1995-0837.
- ^ a b Shurganova, G. V.; Zolotareva, T. V.; Kudrin, I. A.; Zhikharev, V. S.; Gavrilko, D. E.; Il'in, M. Iu. (2021-04-01). "Abundance of Related Species, Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) and K. longispina (Kellicott, 1879) (Rotifera: Brachionidae), in the Zooplankton Communities of the Pustynskaya Lake-River System (Nizhny Novgorod Region)". Russian Journal of Biological Invasions. 12 (2): 219–231. doi:10.1134/S2075111721020107. ISSN 2075-1125.
- ^ a b c Lopes, Michelle das Neves; Pinheiro-Silva, Lorena; Miguel, Lucas Garbo; Bonecker, Claudia Costa; Cardoso, Grasiela Fagundes; Nuñer, Alex Pires de Oliveira; Leite, Nei Kavaguichi; Petrucio, Maurício Mello (2025). "A decade of invasion: distribution patterns and temperature influence on Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908), in the Upper Uruguay River Basin". Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia. 37 e19. doi:10.1590/S2179-975X0324. ISSN 2179-975X.
- ^ a b c Branco, Christina Wyss Castelo; Santos-Cabral, Lucas César; Kozlowsky-Suzuki, Betina; Lopes, Vanessa Guimarães; Puga, Adriana Lamanna; Macêdo, Rafael Lacerda (2024-07-01). "Persistence of the non-native Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) in a large tropical reservoir". Hydrobiologia. 851 (12): 3039–3060. doi:10.1007/s10750-023-05295-3. ISSN 1573-5117.
- ^ a b Palazzo, Fabiana; Moi, Dieison André; Mantovano, Tatiane; Lansac-Tôha, Fábio Amodêo; Bonecker, Claudia Costa (2023-04-01). "Assessment of the occurrence and abundance of an exotic zooplankton species (Kellicottia bostiniensis) across a neotropical wetland over 12 years". Limnology. 24 (2): 137–149. doi:10.1007/s10201-022-00712-3. ISSN 1439-863X.