WoRMS taxon details
Colurella uncinata (Müller, 1773)
148306 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148306)
accepted
Species
Brachionus uncinatus Müller, 1773 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Colurus uncinatus (Müller, 1773) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Colurella uncinata bicuspidata (Ehrenberg, 1832)
- Subspecies Colurella uncinata deflexa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
marine, brackish, fresh
(of Brachionus uncinatus Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): p.134 [details]
page(s): p.134 [details]
Nomenclature Type species of genera Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823 and Colurus Ehrenberg, 1830 (the latter is an invalid synonym of...
Taxonomy • ?Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980); C. obtusa (Gosse) after Pejler (1962...
Nomenclature Type species of genera Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823 and Colurus Ehrenberg, 1830 (the latter is an invalid synonym of the former). [details]
Taxonomy • ?Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980); C. obtusa (Gosse) after Pejler (1962...
Taxonomy • ?Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980); C. obtusa (Gosse) after Pejler (1962 partim:fig.61);
not Brachionus uncinatus Müller after Costa (1838) [insufficiently described Mytilina]; Colurella uncinata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841) [=Colurella obtusa (Gosse)?]; Stemberger (1979), Sarma & Chimire (1990), ?Sor (2011), Luo (2013), Zhao (2014) [=C. uncinata bicuspidata (Ehrenberg)]; C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993) [=Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg?].
• A polymorphic species that is split up into several taxa of uncertain taxonomic status. These were treated at various subspecific and infrasubspecific ranks in the past, but might deserve specific status. [details]
not Brachionus uncinatus Müller after Costa (1838) [insufficiently described Mytilina]; Colurella uncinata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841) [=Colurella obtusa (Gosse)?]; Stemberger (1979), Sarma & Chimire (1990), ?Sor (2011), Luo (2013), Zhao (2014) [=C. uncinata bicuspidata (Ehrenberg)]; C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993) [=Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg?].
• A polymorphic species that is split up into several taxa of uncertain taxonomic status. These were treated at various subspecific and infrasubspecific ranks in the past, but might deserve specific status. [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2025). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Colurella uncinata (Müller, 1773). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148306 on 2026-01-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Brachionus uncinatus Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): p.134 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): p.134 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sørensen, M. V. (2001). On the rotifer fauna of Bermuda, including notes on the associated meiofauna and the description of a new species of Encentrum (Rotifera: Ploima: Dicranophoridae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(3), 725-736. [details] Available for editors 
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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 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 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]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 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 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype ANSP 0753, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Nontype ANSP 0872, geounit Miami [details]
Nontype ANSP 1191, geounit California [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1917.1.1.321 [details]
Nontype USNM 19834, geounit Panama [details]
Nontype USNM 19835, geounit Panama [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology Brackish water records also include inland saline habitats (Fontaneto et al., 2006). [details]Habitat Bottom sediments; Littoral microhabitats; Macrophytes; Macrophytes (Ceratophyllum, Potamogeton); Macrophytes (Utricularia, Nymphaea); Open water (tychoplanktonic) [details]
Nomenclature Type species of genera Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823 and Colurus Ehrenberg, 1830 (the latter is an invalid synonym of the former). [details]
Taxonomy • ?Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980); C. obtusa (Gosse) after Pejler (1962 partim:fig.61);
not Brachionus uncinatus Müller after Costa (1838) [insufficiently described Mytilina]; Colurella uncinata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841) [=Colurella obtusa (Gosse)?]; Stemberger (1979), Sarma & Chimire (1990), ?Sor (2011), Luo (2013), Zhao (2014) [=C. uncinata bicuspidata (Ehrenberg)]; C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993) [=Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg?].
• A polymorphic species that is split up into several taxa of uncertain taxonomic status. These were treated at various subspecific and infrasubspecific ranks in the past, but might deserve specific status. [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colurella uncinata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colurella uncinata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
