title: Cotylegaleata iskenderunensisn. sp., the second known species of the rotifer family Cotylegaleatidae (Monogononta: Ploima).
abstract: Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp. is described from a freshwater wetland (Sariseki) at Iskenderun, Turkey. This is the second species within the genus. Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp. differs from the only known congener, C. perplexa De Smet, 2007, in the shape of the trunk and foot, and particularly the shape of the cotyle and the structure of the trophi. The diagnosis of the genus and family is amended.
authors.affiliation: University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Ecobe, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.. willem.desmet@uantwerpen.be.
authors.forename: Willem H DE
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Smet
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D012403:Rotifera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Porifera, cotyle, new species, Rotifera, taxonomy, Turkey