“…5a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) I will attempt to resolve the question whether these rotifers are indeed the same animals (synonyms), by using published literature and recent personal observations . Ahlstrom (1934) created harringi species to accommodate the animals he considered sufficiently different from punctata, but that were previously grouped with them . First, he described the differences in anterior dorsal and ventral margins, he then discussed the shape of the second foot joint which is rounded in harringi, and elongated, narrow and subcylindric projecting beyond the end of the posterior segment in punctata .…”