FiliniaFilinia 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.SpeciesThe following species are recognised in the genus Filinia:Filinia brachiata Filinia camasecla Myers, 1938Filinia cornuta Filinia limnetica Filinia longiseta Filinia novaezealandiae Shiel & Sanoamuang, 1993Filinia opoliensis Filinia passa Filinia pejleri Hutchinson, 1964 ''Filinia terminalis''