WoRMS taxon details
Kellicottia longispina (Kellicott, 1879)
134989 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134989)
accepted
Species
Anuraea longispina Kellicott, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Anuraea spinosa Imhof, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kellicottia longispina var. heterospina (Olofsson, 1917) · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Kellicottia longispina var. taymirica (Greze, 1955) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Notholca longispina (Kellicott, 1879) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Notholca longispina var. heterospina Olofsson, 1917 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Notholca longispina var. taymirica Greze, 1955 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Anuraea longispina Kellicott, 1879) Kellicott, D. S. (1879). A new rotifer. The American Journal of Microscopy and Popular Science, New York, 4, 19-20
page(s): p.19, text-fig. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p.19, text-fig. [details] Available for editors
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Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Kellicottia longispina (Kellicott, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134989 on 2026-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Notholca longispina var. taymirica Greze, 1955) Greze, B. S. (1955). K faune kolovratok Sibiri. Zametki po faune i flore Sibiri, Tomsk, 18, 53-62
page(s): p.55, figs.1,2 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Anuraea spinosa Imhof, 1883) Imhof, O. (1883). Studien zur Kenntnis der pelagischen Fauna der Schweizerseen. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 6, 466-471
page(s): p.470, fig.2 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Anuraea longispina Kellicott, 1879) Kellicott, D. S. (1879). A new rotifer. The American Journal of Microscopy and Popular Science, New York, 4, 19-20
page(s): p.19, text-fig. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Notholca longispina var. heterospina Olofsson, 1917) Olofsson, O. (1917). Süsswasser-Entomostraken und -Rotatorien von der Murmanküste und aus dem nördlichsten Norwegen. [Freshwater entomostracas and rotifers from the Murmansk coast and northernmost Norway.]. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag, Uppsala.</em> 5:259-294, figs. 1-18, pl. 6. (24-iii-1917).
page(s): p.285, fig.17 [details]
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.55, figs.1,2 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Anuraea spinosa Imhof, 1883) Imhof, O. (1883). Studien zur Kenntnis der pelagischen Fauna der Schweizerseen. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 6, 466-471
page(s): p.470, fig.2 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Anuraea longispina Kellicott, 1879) Kellicott, D. S. (1879). A new rotifer. The American Journal of Microscopy and Popular Science, New York, 4, 19-20
page(s): p.19, text-fig. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Notholca longispina var. heterospina Olofsson, 1917) Olofsson, O. (1917). Süsswasser-Entomostraken und -Rotatorien von der Murmanküste und aus dem nördlichsten Norwegen. [Freshwater entomostracas and rotifers from the Murmansk coast and northernmost Norway.]. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag, Uppsala.</em> 5:259-294, figs. 1-18, pl. 6. (24-iii-1917).
page(s): p.285, fig.17 [details]
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
context source (RAS)
Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
additional source Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional 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]
additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
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 Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional 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]additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype ANSP 0018, geounit Wisconsin [details]
Nontype ANSP 1353, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Nontype USNM 39804, geounit England [details]
Nontype USNM 98178, geounit Alaska [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology Brackish water records also include inland saline habitats (Fontaneto et al., 2006). [details]Etymology Spina is a Latin noun (thorn); indeclinable. [details]
Grammatical gender Gender agreement: no; name type: noun phrase in apposition [details]
Habitat Open water; Open water (littoral); Open water (offshore) [details]
Nomenclature Type species of genus Kellicottia Ahlstrom, 1938. [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (131 publications) (from synonym Notholca longispina (Kellicott, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kellicottia longispina)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101078)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (131 publications) (from synonym Notholca longispina (Kellicott, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kellicottia longispina)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101078)
To ITIS
