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Dysteria Huxley, 1857

Colurella althausae - Original description image

AphiaID

178688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178688)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dysteriidae Claparède & Lachmann, 1858

Synonymised names

Colurella althausae De Ridder, 1977 · unaccepted (not a rotifer, but a mistaken...)

not a rotifer, but a mistaken ciliate species

Colurella monodactylos Althaus, 1957 · unaccepted

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Species Dysteria aculeata Claparède & Lachmann, 1858
Species Dysteria antarctica Gong Jun, Song & Warren, 2002
Species Dysteria armata Huxley, 1857
Species Dysteria brasiliensis Faria, Cunha & Pinto, 1922
Species Dysteria calkinsi Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria compressa (Gourret & Roeser, 1888) Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria crassipes Claparède & Lachmann, 1859
Species Dysteria cristata (Gourret & Roeser, 1888) Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria derouxi Gong & Song, 2004
Species Dysteria dystila (Maskell, 1887)
Species Dysteria lanceolata Claparède & Lachmann, 1858
Species Dysteria magna Gong & Song, 2003
Species Dysteria marina Gourret & Roeser, 1886
Species Dysteria marioni Gourret & Roeser, 1887
Species Dysteria monostyla (Ehrenberg, 1838) Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria navicula Kahl, 1928
Species Dysteria oliva (Entz, 1884) Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria ovalis (Gourret & Roeser, 1886) Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria parovalis Wilbert & Song, 2005
Species Dysteria pectinata (Nowlin, 1913) Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria procera Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria pusilla Claparède & Lachmann, 1859
Species Dysteria semilunaris (Gourret & Roeser, 1886) Kahl, 1931
Species Dysteria sulcata Claparède & Lachmann, 1858
Species Dysteria yagiui Hu & Suzuki, 2005
Species Dysteria duplopharynx Lepsi, 1927 accepted as Dysteria monostyla (Ehrenberg, 1838) Kahl, 1931 (Synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Type data

Type locality contained in Varna

type locality contained in Varna [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Dysteria Huxley, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178688 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-08-04 10:39:12Z

created

Claus, Simon

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Colurella althausae De Ridder, 1977) De Ridder, M. (1977). Rotatoria of the Caribbean region. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean islands, no. 171. Uitgaven 'Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen', no. 88, 52, 72-134, pl.4-12
page(s): p.107, fig.27 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Colurella monodactylos Althaus, 1957) Althaus, B. (1957). Neue Sandbodenrotatorien aus dem Schwarzen Meer. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 6, 445-457
page(s): p.448, fig.5 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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]