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Brachionus Pallas, 1766 
AphiaID: 134937

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Rotifera (Phylum) > Eurotatoria (Class) > Monogononta (Subclass) > Pseudotrocha (Superorder) > Ploima (Order) > Brachionidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Brachionidae Ehrenberg, 1838
Synonymised
taxa		  Anuraea Ehrenberg (junior synonym)
Sources  basis of record: O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Checklist of valid family- and genus-group names in Rotifera - After Segers, H. (2002). Contribution to the nomenclature of Rotifera: Annotated checklist of valid family- and genus-group names. J. Nat. Hist. 36: 631-640. Update 20 Jan. 05 [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Species Brachionus angularis Gosse, 1851
  » Subspecies Brachionus angularis angularis Gosse, 1851
» Subspecies Brachionus angularis bidens Plate, 1886
Species Brachionus asplanchnoides Charin, 1947
Species Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas, 1766
  » Subspecies Brachionus calyciflorus calyciflorus Pallas, 1776
» Forma Brachionus calyciflorus f. amphiceros Ehrenberg, 1838 accepted as Brachionus calyciflorus calyciflorus Pallas, 1776
» Forma Brachionus calyciflorus f. dorcas Gosse, 1851 accepted as Brachionus calyciflorus calyciflorus Pallas, 1776
Species Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883)
  » Subspecies Brachionus diversicornis diversicornis (Daday, 1883) accepted as Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883)
Species Brachionus ibericus Ciros-Peréz, Gómez & Serra, 2001
Species Brachionus leydigii Cohn, 1862
  » Subspecies Brachionus leydigii leydigii Cohn, 1862
» Forma Brachionus leydigii f. quadratus Rousselet, 1889 accepted as Brachionus leydigii leydigii Cohn, 1862
Species Brachionus manjavacas Fontaneto, Giordani, Melone & Serra, 2007
Species Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786
Species Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783
  » Subspecies Brachionus quadridentatus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783
» Forma Brachionus quadridentatus f. ancylognathus Schmarda, 1859 accepted as Brachionus quadridentatus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783
Species Brachionus rotundiformis Tschugunoff, 1921
Species Brachionus rubens Ehrenberg, 1838
Species Brachionus urceolaris Müller, 1773

Species Brachionus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Brachionus urceolaris Müller, 1773
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134937
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2005-01-24 09:24:23Z  changed  Segers, Hendrik
  
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  Citation: Segers, H. (2013). Brachionus Pallas, 1766. In: Segers, H. (Ed.) (2013). World Rotifera database from FADA. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134937 on 2013-05-22
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