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Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907) 
AphiaID: 248010

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Rotifera (Phylum) > Eurotatoria (Class) > Monogononta (Subclass) > Pseudotrocha (Superorder) > Ploima (Order) > Brachionidae (Family) > Keratella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Keratella Bory de St. Vincent, 1822
Synonymised
taxa		  Keratella tropica reducta Fadeev, 1927
 Keratella tropica tropica (Apstein, 1907)
Sources  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]

basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Species composition of meso- and macrozooplankton of the Black Sea (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch tropisch puzzelraderdier  [details]
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Subspecies Keratella tropica reducta Fadeev, 1927 accepted as Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907)
Subspecies Keratella tropica tropica (Apstein, 1907) accepted as Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Schelde estuary [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To ITIS
Note  Alien species: Keratella tropica is, like most rotifers, widely distributed. This species is mainly found in tropical and subtropical freshwater, but during summer it also thrives in temperate areas. This rotifer is a free-swimming species that tolerates brackish water. By transport in the ballast water of ships that pass through channels or via birds, the species reached Belgian regions. This species was first reported in Belgium in 1974 at Donkmeer, and at the Ghent Watersportbaan (East Flanders). At the moment, the species has colonized the upper reaches of the Scheldt river as wel as the Sea Scheldt. [details]
Image 
Keratella tropica
Keratella tropica
added on 2009-07-13 - author: Jersabek, C.D. et al, 2003. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publication 20.
qualitystatus: checked by Segers, Hendrik on 2012-08-24 08:44:46
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248010
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-11-08 12:04:59Z  created  Vanhoorne, Bart
2008-10-21 06:27:16Z  changed  Segers, Hendrik
2008-10-28 09:00:37Z  changed  Segers, Hendrik
  
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  Citation: Segers, H. (2013). Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907). 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=248010 on 2013-05-22
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