WoRMS taxon details
Hexarthra Schmarda, 1854
134932 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134932)
accepted
Genus
Pedalion fennicum Levander, 1892 accepted as Hexarthra fennica (Levander, 1892) (type by original designation)
Pedalia Barrois, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pedalion Hudson, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Hexarthra brandorffi Koste, 1977
- Species Hexarthra fennica (Levander, 1892)
- Species Hexarthra longicornicula Turner, 1987
- Species Hexarthra mira (Hudson, 1871)
marine, brackish, fresh
feminine
Schmarda, L. K. (1854). Zur Naturgeschichte Ägyptens. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> 7(2): 1-28. With 7 plates.
page(s): p.15 [details]
page(s): p.15 [details]
Taxonomy Schmarda's (1854) only species, and original monotype of genus Hexarthra, H. polyptera, is unrecognizable and, in order to...
Taxonomy Schmarda's (1854) only species, and original monotype of genus Hexarthra, H. polyptera, is unrecognizable and, in order to allow giving priority to Pedalion fennicum Levander as the type species of genus Hexarthra, has been proposed for suppression under the plenary powers of the ICommissionZN (Neal, 1951) [Ref.360538].
ICZN Op. 326, available: Hexarthra Schmarda, 1854, Denskr. Acad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-natur. Kl.), 7(2): 15 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pedalion fennicum Levander, 1892, Zool. Anz., 15: 403) (Rotifera). [details]
ICZN Op. 326, available: Hexarthra Schmarda, 1854, Denskr. Acad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-natur. Kl.), 7(2): 15 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pedalion fennicum Levander, 1892, Zool. Anz., 15: 403) (Rotifera). [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Hexarthra Schmarda, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134932 on 2025-04-27
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1854). Zur Naturgeschichte Ägyptens. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> 7(2): 1-28. With 7 plates.
page(s): p.15 [details]
original description (of Pedalion Hudson, 1871) Hudson, C. T. (1871). On a new rotifer. Monthly Microscopical Journal, 6, 121-124, pl.94
page(s): p.121 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pedalia Barrois, 1878) Barrois, T. (1878). Sur l'anatomie et le développement du Pedalia mira. Comptes rendus de l'Association Française pour l'avancement des sciences, 6, 661-663
page(s): p.661 [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]
page(s): p.15 [details]
original description (of Pedalion Hudson, 1871) Hudson, C. T. (1871). On a new rotifer. Monthly Microscopical Journal, 6, 121-124, pl.94
page(s): p.121 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pedalia Barrois, 1878) Barrois, T. (1878). Sur l'anatomie et le développement du Pedalia mira. Comptes rendus de l'Association Française pour l'avancement des sciences, 6, 661-663
page(s): p.661 [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Schmarda's (1854) only species, and original monotype of genus Hexarthra, H. polyptera, is unrecognizable and, in order to allow giving priority to Pedalion fennicum Levander as the type species of genus Hexarthra, has been proposed for suppression under the plenary powers of the ICommissionZN (Neal, 1951) [Ref.360538].ICZN Op. 326, available: Hexarthra Schmarda, 1854, Denskr. Acad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-natur. Kl.), 7(2): 15 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Pedalion fennicum Levander, 1892, Zool. Anz., 15: 403) (Rotifera). [details]
