WoRMS taxon details
Platyias quadricornis (Ehrenberg, 1832)
148358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148358)
accepted
Species
Noteus leydigii Haeckel, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Noteus quadricornis Ehrenberg, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Noteus quadricornis var. brevispinus Daday, 1905 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Noteus quadricornis var. congolensis Van Oye, 1926 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Platyias bicornis Živković, 1974 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Platyias quadricornis f. bicornis Živković, 1974 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platyias quadricornis f. brevispinus (Daday, 1905) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platyias quadricornis f. ellipticus Wulfert, 1965 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Platyias quadricornis f. galapagoensis De Smet, 1989 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Platyias quadricornis f. intermedius Wulfert, 1965 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Platyias quadricornis var. congolensis (Van Oye, 1926) · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Platyias quadricornis var. hexagona Wulfert, 1956 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Platyias quadricornis var. pentagona Wulfert, 1956 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
brackish, fresh
(of Noteus quadricornis Ehrenberg, 1832) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1831: 1-154.
page(s): p.143, pl.2, fig.5 [details]
page(s): p.143, pl.2, fig.5 [details]
Nomenclature Type species of genus Platyias Harring, 1913.
Taxonomy • not Platyias quadricornis (Ehrenberg) after Koste (1972) [=P. leloupi Gillard].
Nomenclature Type species of genus Platyias Harring, 1913. [details]
Taxonomy • not Platyias quadricornis (Ehrenberg) after Koste (1972) [=P. leloupi Gillard].
Taxonomy • not Platyias quadricornis (Ehrenberg) after Koste (1972) [=P. leloupi Gillard]. [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Platyias quadricornis (Ehrenberg, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148358 on 2026-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Noteus leydigii Haeckel, 1900) Haeckel, E. (1900). Kunstformen der Natur. München, New York. Prestel Verlag, Neudruck der Farbtafeln 1998, 139
page(s): pl.32, fig.7 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Platyias quadricornis var. hexagona Wulfert, 1956) Wulfert, K. (1956). Die Rädertiere des Teufelssees bei Friedrichshagen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 51, 457-495, 12 pls.
page(s): p.481, fig.432e [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Platyias quadricornis f. galapagoensis De Smet, 1989) De Smet, W. H. (1989). Rotifera uit de Galapagoseilanden. Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 69, 110-131
page(s): p.117, pl.2, fig.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Platyias quadricornis f. ellipticus Wulfert, 1965) Wulfert, K. (1965). Revision der Rotatorien-Gattung Platyias Harring 1913. Limnologica (Berlin), 3, 41-64
page(s): p.57, figs.9c, 16f [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Platyias quadricornis f. intermedius Wulfert, 1965) Wulfert, K. (1965). Revision der Rotatorien-Gattung Platyias Harring 1913. Limnologica (Berlin), 3, 41-64
page(s): p.57, figs.12b, 16d [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Platyias bicornis Živković, 1974) Živković, A. (1974). Platyias bicornis nova vrsta Rotatorija. Arhiv Bioloških Nauka, Beograd, 26, 193-195
page(s): p.193, fig.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Noteus quadricornis Ehrenberg, 1832) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1831: 1-154.
page(s): p.143, pl.2, fig.5 [details]
original description (of Noteus quadricornis var. brevispinus Daday, 1905) Daday, E. (1905). Untersuchungen über die Süßwasser-Mikrofauna Paraguays. [Studies on the freshwater microfauna of Paraguay.]. <em>Zoologica.</em> 18 (44):1-370., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Daday_1905.pdf
page(s): p.118, pl.6, fig.15 [details]
original description (of Noteus quadricornis var. congolensis Van Oye, 1926) Van Oye, P. (1926). Rotateurs nouveaux du Congo Belge. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France, 51, 49-54
page(s): p.51, fig.5 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Platyias quadricornis var. pentagona Wulfert, 1956) Wulfert, K. (1956). Die Rädertiere des Teufelssees bei Friedrichshagen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 51, 457-495, 12 pls.
page(s): p.481, fig.432b-d [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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]
page(s): pl.32, fig.7 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Platyias quadricornis var. hexagona Wulfert, 1956) Wulfert, K. (1956). Die Rädertiere des Teufelssees bei Friedrichshagen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 51, 457-495, 12 pls.
page(s): p.481, fig.432e [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Platyias quadricornis f. galapagoensis De Smet, 1989) De Smet, W. H. (1989). Rotifera uit de Galapagoseilanden. Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 69, 110-131
page(s): p.117, pl.2, fig.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Platyias quadricornis f. ellipticus Wulfert, 1965) Wulfert, K. (1965). Revision der Rotatorien-Gattung Platyias Harring 1913. Limnologica (Berlin), 3, 41-64
page(s): p.57, figs.9c, 16f [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Platyias quadricornis f. intermedius Wulfert, 1965) Wulfert, K. (1965). Revision der Rotatorien-Gattung Platyias Harring 1913. Limnologica (Berlin), 3, 41-64
page(s): p.57, figs.12b, 16d [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Platyias bicornis Živković, 1974) Živković, A. (1974). Platyias bicornis nova vrsta Rotatorija. Arhiv Bioloških Nauka, Beograd, 26, 193-195
page(s): p.193, fig.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Noteus quadricornis Ehrenberg, 1832) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1831: 1-154.
page(s): p.143, pl.2, fig.5 [details]
original description (of Noteus quadricornis var. brevispinus Daday, 1905) Daday, E. (1905). Untersuchungen über die Süßwasser-Mikrofauna Paraguays. [Studies on the freshwater microfauna of Paraguay.]. <em>Zoologica.</em> 18 (44):1-370., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Daday_1905.pdf
page(s): p.118, pl.6, fig.15 [details]
original description (of Noteus quadricornis var. congolensis Van Oye, 1926) Van Oye, P. (1926). Rotateurs nouveaux du Congo Belge. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France, 51, 49-54
page(s): p.51, fig.5 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Platyias quadricornis var. pentagona Wulfert, 1956) Wulfert, K. (1956). Die Rädertiere des Teufelssees bei Friedrichshagen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 51, 457-495, 12 pls.
page(s): p.481, fig.432b-d [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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]
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 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]
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 (of Platyias quadricornis f. brevispinus (Daday, 1905)) ANSP 1712, geounit South Carolina [details]
Nontype (of Platyias quadricornis f. brevispinus (Daday, 1905)) ANSP 1713, geounit Bangkok [details]
Nontype ANSP 0158, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Nontype ANSP 0750, geounit Wisconsin [details]
Nontype ANSP 1711, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Nontype ANSP 1712, geounit South Carolina [details]
Nontype ANSP 1713, geounit Bangkok [details]
Nontype ANSP 1714 [details]
Nontype USNM 39932 [details]
Nontype USNM 39933, geounit Isle of Wight [details]
Nontype USNM 39934, geounit Washington [details]
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Grammatical gender Gender agreement: yes; name type: adjective [details]Habitat Littoral microhabitats; Open water; Open water (tychoplanktonic); Sedges (Carex sp.), 'open water' between plants [details]
Nomenclature Type species of genus Platyias Harring, 1913. [details]
Taxonomy • not Platyias quadricornis (Ehrenberg) after Koste (1972) [=P. leloupi Gillard]. [details]
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platyias quadricornis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 39934 Platyias quadricornis length 49 photo)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093997)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platyias quadricornis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 39934 Platyias quadricornis length 49 photo)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093997)
To ITIS
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