WoRMS taxon details
Limnias ceratophylli Schrank, 1803
1795752 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1795752)
accepted
Species
Limnias socialis Leidy, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melicerta biloba Ehrenberg, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
fresh
Schrank, F. v. P. (1793-1803). Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Bayern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. 3 vols. <em>Nürnberg, Ingolstadt & Landshut, 1798-1803.</em> 3 (2)1803: 255-260. [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Type species of genus Limnias Schrank, 1803.
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic...
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic...
Taxonomy Type species of genus Limnias Schrank, 1803.
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! Bayesian Species Delimitation detected four putative cryptic species within L. ceratophylli (Kordbacheh et al. 2018). [details]
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! Bayesian Species Delimitation detected four putative cryptic species within L. ceratophylli (Kordbacheh et al. 2018). [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2025). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Limnias ceratophylli Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1795752 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Schrank, F. v. P. (1793-1803). Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Bayern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. 3 vols. <em>Nürnberg, Ingolstadt & Landshut, 1798-1803.</em> 3 (2)1803: 255-260. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Melicerta biloba Ehrenberg, 1832) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1831: 1-154. [details]
original description (of Limnias socialis Leidy, 1874) Leidy, J. (1874). Notice of some fresh water Infusoria. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 26, 140-140 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Melicerta biloba Ehrenberg, 1832) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1831: 1-154. [details]
original description (of Limnias socialis Leidy, 1874) Leidy, J. (1874). Notice of some fresh water Infusoria. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 26, 140-140 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype ANSP 0793, geounit Maine [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1909.11.23.1, geounit Scotland [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1917.1.1.115 [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1917.1.1.126, geounit Scotland [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1917.1.1.130, geounit Scotland [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1917.1.1.132, geounit Scotland [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1917.1.1.16, geounit Scotland [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1917.1.1.52, geounit Rio de Janeiro [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1917.1.1.93, geounit Great Yarmouth [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1960.3.22.54, geounit Scotland [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1972.690, geounit Scotland [details]
Nontype USNM 39995, geounit Washington [details]
Nontype USNM 40022, geounit Scotland [details]
Nontype USNM 40024, geounit Scotland [details]
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Habitat Littoral microhabitats; Macrophytes (Nitella); Open water [details]Taxonomy Type species of genus Limnias Schrank, 1803.
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! Bayesian Species Delimitation detected four putative cryptic species within L. ceratophylli (Kordbacheh et al. 2018). [details]
