WoRMS taxon details
Synchaeta littoralis Rousselet, 1902
135057 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135057)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish
Rousselet, C. F. (1902). The genus Synchaeta: a monographic study, with descriptions of five new species. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 22, 269-290, 393-411, pl.3-4 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy not Synchaeta littoralis Rousselet after Altindag & Sozen (1996)[identity unclear].
regarded as a species inquirenda by...
regarded as a species inquirenda by...
Taxonomy not Synchaeta littoralis Rousselet after Altindag & Sozen (1996)[identity unclear].
regarded as a species inquirenda by Hollowday (2002)
Synonymy with S. oblonga Ehrenberg suspected by Wilke et al. (2018). [details]
regarded as a species inquirenda by Hollowday (2002)
Synonymy with S. oblonga Ehrenberg suspected by Wilke et al. (2018). [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2025). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Synchaeta littoralis Rousselet, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135057 on 2025-10-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Rousselet, C. F. (1902). The genus Synchaeta: a monographic study, with descriptions of five new species. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 22, 269-290, 393-411, pl.3-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilke, T.; Ahlrichs, W. H.; Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P. (2018). A comprehensive and integrative re-description of Synchaeta oblonga and its relationship to Synchaeta tremula, Synchaeta rufina and Synchaeta littoralis (Rotifera: Monogononta). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 18 (4), 407-423 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Wilke, T.; Ahlrichs, W. H.; Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P. (2018). A comprehensive and integrative re-description of Synchaeta oblonga and its relationship to Synchaeta tremula, Synchaeta rufina and Synchaeta littoralis (Rotifera: Monogononta). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 18 (4), 407-423 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype ANSP 0215, geounit New Jersey [details]
Nontype USNM 39931, geounit Scotland [details]
Topotype NHMUK 1910.7.5.11, geounit Scotland [details]
Topotype NHMUK 1917.1.1.644, geounit Scotland [details]
Topotype NHMUK 1917.1.1.657, geounit Scotland [details]
Topotype NHMUK 1935.4.27.147, geounit Scotland [details]
Topotype NHMUK 1972.647, geounit Scotland [details]
Topotype ZMB 4369, geounit Scotland [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy not Synchaeta littoralis Rousselet after Altindag & Sozen (1996)[identity unclear]. regarded as a species inquirenda by Hollowday (2002)
Synonymy with S. oblonga Ehrenberg suspected by Wilke et al. (2018). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To ITIS
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To ITIS
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