Flosculariaceae, Remane, 1933

Davies, Natalie, Lafleur, Alexandre, Hochberg, Rick, Walsh, Elizabeth J. & Wallace, Robert L., 2024, Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Families, monospecific species in Flosculariidae, species of Atrochidae, Conochilidae, and Limnias, Zootaxa 5397 (4), pp. 497-520 : 505

Dichotomous key to families of the Flosculariaceae

1 Adults planktonic, within a loose gelatinous matrix; colonies vary from 1 adult with ≥ 1 juveniles to> 300 individuals; trophi unique: asymmetrical unci, teeth of left uncus much longer than on the right................ Conochilidae Harring, 1913

1’ Adults sessile, facultative sessile, or planktonic animals, usually within a tube of varied construction (gelatinous, pipes, or pellets); solitary or in intra- or inter-species colonies; trophi not as above, either symmetrical or asymmetrical, with teeth of right uncus much longer than on the left............................................ Flosculariidae Remane, 1933