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Brachionus leydigii Cohn, 1862 
AphiaID: 134981

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Rotifera (Phylum) > Eurotatoria (Class) > Monogononta (Subclass) > Pseudotrocha (Superorder) > Ploima (Order) > Brachionidae (Family) > Brachionus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Brachionus Pallas, 1766
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]

basis of record: Segers, H. 2007. Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. (Zootaxa 1564). 104 pp., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details]

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

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[show all]		 Subspecies Brachionus leydigii leydigii Cohn, 1862

Forma Brachionus leydigii f. quadratus Rousselet, 1889 accepted as Brachionus leydigii leydigii Cohn, 1862
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Nieuwpoort [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Zeebrugge [details]
Links To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Spelling: Written as B. leydigii in De Ridder (1963). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134981
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2005-01-24 09:24:23Z  changed  Segers, Hendrik
2008-10-28 09:00:37Z  changed  Segers, Hendrik
  
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  Citation: Segers, H. (2013). Brachionus leydigii Cohn, 1862. 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=134981 on 2013-05-22
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