WoRMS taxon details
Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786
134982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134982)
accepted
Species
Brachionus hepatotomus Gosse, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Brachionus muelleri Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachionus murrayi Fadeev, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachionus murrayi f. divergispinus Anitha & George, 2006 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Brachionus plicatilis f. hepatotomus Gosse, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachionus plicatilis f. ovalis Anitha & George, 2006 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachionus plicatilis var. murrayi Fadeev, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachionus plicatilis var. murrayi f. divergispinus Anitha & George, 2006 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachionus rotundiformis var. murrayi Fadeev, 1925 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Brachionus plicatilis colongulaciensis Koste & Shiel, 1980
- Subspecies Brachionus plicatilis magadiensis Koste & Shiel, 1987 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Variety Brachionus plicatilis var. spatiosus Rousselet, 1912 accepted as Brachionus spatiosus Rousselet, 1912 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh
Müller, O. F. (1786). Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quæ detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit. Havniæ, 367, pl.1-50, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53299693
page(s): p.344, pl.50, figs.1-8 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p.344, pl.50, figs.1-8 [details] Available for editors
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Neotype NHMUK 2000.3020, geounit Spain
Neotype NHMUK 2000.3020, geounit Spain [details]
Nomenclature Type species of genus Tricalama Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 (invalid synonym of genus Brachionus Pallas, 1766).
Taxonomy • not Brachionus plicatilis Müller after Bartsch (1877) [=B. angularis Gosse], Telesh & Heerkloss (2002) [=Brachionus...
Nomenclature Type species of genus Tricalama Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 (invalid synonym of genus Brachionus Pallas, 1766). [details]
Taxonomy • not Brachionus plicatilis Müller after Bartsch (1877) [=B. angularis Gosse], Telesh & Heerkloss (2002) [=Brachionus...
Taxonomy • not Brachionus plicatilis Müller after Bartsch (1877) [=B. angularis Gosse], Telesh & Heerkloss (2002) [=Brachionus ibericus Ciros-Pérez et al. (2001)].
• B. plicatilis is considered to represent a complex of at least 14 species (genealogical species concept) with three major, deeply diverged and morphologically distinct clades (Suatoni et al. (2006)), and Mills et al.'s (2016) extensive analysis of the genetic diversity in COI and ITS1 sequences within the B. plicatilis complex revealed, as a conservative estimate, a minimum of 15 species. [details]
• B. plicatilis is considered to represent a complex of at least 14 species (genealogical species concept) with three major, deeply diverged and morphologically distinct clades (Suatoni et al. (2006)), and Mills et al.'s (2016) extensive analysis of the genetic diversity in COI and ITS1 sequences within the B. plicatilis complex revealed, as a conservative estimate, a minimum of 15 species. [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134982 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, O. F. (1786). Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quæ detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit. Havniæ, 367, pl.1-50, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53299693
page(s): p.344, pl.50, figs.1-8 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Brachionus muelleri Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11].
page(s): p.200 [details]
original description (of Brachionus plicatilis f. ovalis Anitha & George, 2006) Anitha, P. S.; George, R. M. (2006). The taxonomy of Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera: Monogononta) from the Southern Kerala (India) with a note on their reproductive preferences. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 48 (1), 6-13
page(s): p.8, figs.9a,10 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Brachionus plicatilis var. murrayi Fadeev, 1925) Fadeev, N.N. (1925). K svedeniyam o faune ozer Zakavkaz'ya. Sur la connaissance de la faune de lacs du Transcaucasie. [On the knowledge of the fauna of lakes of Trans-Caucas.]. <em>Raboty Severo-Kavkazskoj Gidrobiologicheskoj Stanzii.</em> 1 (1):17-25, pl.4-5.
page(s): p.22, fig.4 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Brachionus hepatotomus Gosse, 1851) Gosse, P. H. (1851). A catalogue of Rotifera found in Britain; with description of five new genera and thirty-two new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 2) 8, 197-203, available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Gosse_1851.pdf
page(s): p.203 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Brachionus murrayi f. divergispinus Anitha & George, 2006) Anitha, P. S.; George, R. M. (2006). The taxonomy of Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera: Monogononta) from the Southern Kerala (India) with a note on their reproductive preferences. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 48 (1), 6-13
page(s): p.10, fig.25a,b [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.344, pl.50, figs.1-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Brachionus muelleri Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11].
page(s): p.200 [details]
original description (of Brachionus plicatilis f. ovalis Anitha & George, 2006) Anitha, P. S.; George, R. M. (2006). The taxonomy of Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera: Monogononta) from the Southern Kerala (India) with a note on their reproductive preferences. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 48 (1), 6-13
page(s): p.8, figs.9a,10 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Brachionus plicatilis var. murrayi Fadeev, 1925) Fadeev, N.N. (1925). K svedeniyam o faune ozer Zakavkaz'ya. Sur la connaissance de la faune de lacs du Transcaucasie. [On the knowledge of the fauna of lakes of Trans-Caucas.]. <em>Raboty Severo-Kavkazskoj Gidrobiologicheskoj Stanzii.</em> 1 (1):17-25, pl.4-5.
page(s): p.22, fig.4 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Brachionus hepatotomus Gosse, 1851) Gosse, P. H. (1851). A catalogue of Rotifera found in Britain; with description of five new genera and thirty-two new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 2) 8, 197-203, available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Gosse_1851.pdf
page(s): p.203 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Brachionus murrayi f. divergispinus Anitha & George, 2006) Anitha, P. S.; George, R. M. (2006). The taxonomy of Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera: Monogononta) from the Southern Kerala (India) with a note on their reproductive preferences. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 48 (1), 6-13
page(s): p.10, fig.25a,b [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]
Other
additional source
Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158. [details]
additional source Sørensen, M. V. 2009. Rotifera of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 533–537 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Ciros-pérez, J.; Gómez, A.; Serra, M. (2001). On the taxonomy of three sympatric sibling species of the Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera) complex from Spain, with the description of B. ibericus n. sp. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 23(12), 1311-1328., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/23.12.1311 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Mills,S.; Alcántara-Rodriguez, J. A.; Ciros-Perez, J.; Gómez, A.; Hagiwara, A.; Hinson Galindo, K.; Jersabek, C. D.; Malekzadeh-Viayeh, R.; Leasi, F.; Lee, J.; Mark Welch, D.; Papakostas, S; Riss, S.; Segers, H.; Serra, M.; Shiel, R. J.; Smolak, R.; Snell, T. W.; Stelzer, C. P.; Tang, C. Q.; Wallace, R. L.; Fontaneto, D.; Walsh, E. J. (2017). Fifteen species in one: deciphering the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera, Monogononta) through DNA taxonomy. Hydrobiologia, 796, 39-58 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Sørensen, M. V. 2009. Rotifera of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 533–537 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Ciros-pérez, J.; Gómez, A.; Serra, M. (2001). On the taxonomy of three sympatric sibling species of the Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera) complex from Spain, with the description of B. ibericus n. sp. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 23(12), 1311-1328., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/23.12.1311 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Mills,S.; Alcántara-Rodriguez, J. A.; Ciros-Perez, J.; Gómez, A.; Hagiwara, A.; Hinson Galindo, K.; Jersabek, C. D.; Malekzadeh-Viayeh, R.; Leasi, F.; Lee, J.; Mark Welch, D.; Papakostas, S; Riss, S.; Segers, H.; Serra, M.; Shiel, R. J.; Smolak, R.; Snell, T. W.; Stelzer, C. P.; Tang, C. Q.; Wallace, R. L.; Fontaneto, D.; Walsh, E. J. (2017). Fifteen species in one: deciphering the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera, Monogononta) through DNA taxonomy. Hydrobiologia, 796, 39-58 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype NHMUK 2000.3020, geounit Spain [details]
Nontype ANSP 0097, geounit Kenya [details]
Nontype ANSP 0274, geounit New Jersey [details]
Nontype ANSP 0282, geounit Paraiba [details]
Nontype ANSP 0535, geounit San Luis [details]
Nontype ANSP 1044, geounit Spain [details]
Nontype ANSP 1047, geounit Spain [details]
Nontype ANSP 1106 [details]
Nontype CDJ UB100, geounit Mongolia [details]
Nontype CDJ UB101, geounit Mongolia [details]
Nontype CDJ UB102, geounit Mongolia [details]
Nontype CDJ UB154, geounit Mongolia [details]
Nontype NUM 0005, geounit Mongolia [details]
Nontype USNM 189274, geounit Spain [details]
Nontype USNM 39729, geounit San Luis [details]
Nontype USNM 99389, geounit Rio de Janeiro [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology Brackish water records also include inland saline habitats. [details]Grammatical gender Gender agreement: yes; name type: adjective [details]
Habitat Mixed sample: open water, and bottom sediments; Mixed sample: open water, and littoral vegetation; Open water; Open water (littoral); Open water (offshore) [details]
Nomenclature Type species of genus Tricalama Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 (invalid synonym of genus Brachionus Pallas, 1766). [details]
Taxonomy • not Brachionus plicatilis Müller after Bartsch (1877) [=B. angularis Gosse], Telesh & Heerkloss (2002) [=Brachionus ibericus Ciros-Pérez et al. (2001)].
• B. plicatilis is considered to represent a complex of at least 14 species (genealogical species concept) with three major, deeply diverged and morphologically distinct clades (Suatoni et al. (2006)), and Mills et al.'s (2016) extensive analysis of the genetic diversity in COI and ITS1 sequences within the B. plicatilis complex revealed, as a conservative estimate, a minimum of 15 species. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シオミズツボワムシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (495 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachionus plicatilis)
To GenBank (84897 nucleotides; 53559 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101055)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachionus plicatilis)
To GenBank (84897 nucleotides; 53559 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101055)
To ITIS
