WoRMS name details
Brachionus plicatilis magadiensis Koste & Shiel, 1987
1799988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1799988)
unaccepted > nomen nudum
Subspecies
brackish
Koste, W.; Shiel, R. J. (1987). Rotifera from Australian inland waters. II. Epiphanidae and Brachionidae (Rotifera:Monogononta) Invertebrate Taxonomy, 7, 949-1021, available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9870949
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Etymology Adjectival toponym; name refers to type locality: Lake Magadi, Kenya.
Etymology Adjectival toponym; name refers to type locality: Lake Magad, Kenya.
Taxonomy • This taxon was never formally described, it is a nomen nudum. It was listed by Koste & Shiel (1987:984) as Brachionus...
Etymology Adjectival toponym; name refers to type locality: Lake Magadi, Kenya. [details]
Etymology Adjectival toponym; name refers to type locality: Lake Magad, Kenya.
Etymology Adjectival toponym; name refers to type locality: Lake Magad, Kenya. [details]
Taxonomy • This taxon was never formally described, it is a nomen nudum. It was listed by Koste & Shiel (1987:984) as Brachionus...
Taxonomy • This taxon was never formally described, it is a nomen nudum. It was listed by Koste & Shiel (1987:984) as Brachionus plicatilis magadiensis Koste (Fig.18:5a,b) and as "form not yet recorded from Australia". The reference to Koste (1978) is erroneous, the figures originate from Koste (1980:152, figs.3a,b, as B. plicatilis). In Koste & Shiel's (op. cit.) figure caption (Fig.18:5a,b) the taxon is not named but mentioned as "B. plicatilis Müller with rounded apical spines, Nakuru Lake, E. Africa". According to Koste (1980) [op. cit.] the specimens, however, originate from Lake Magadi, Kenya.
• In his Doctoral thesis, Mills (2006) summarized that "This member of the species complex (=B. plicatilis s.l.) was hinted at from as early as 1932 by de Beauchamp and later by Pourriot et al. in 1967 (Pejler 1974). Although Pejler (1974) provided an illustration indicating a dwarfed form of this species, he was uncertain of its identity, labeling it B. sp., assumed to be closely related to either B. plicatilis or B. dimidiatus. It was not until 1987 (Koste and Shiel 1987) that this species became known as B. “magadiensis”." [details]
• In his Doctoral thesis, Mills (2006) summarized that "This member of the species complex (=B. plicatilis s.l.) was hinted at from as early as 1932 by de Beauchamp and later by Pourriot et al. in 1967 (Pejler 1974). Although Pejler (1974) provided an illustration indicating a dwarfed form of this species, he was uncertain of its identity, labeling it B. sp., assumed to be closely related to either B. plicatilis or B. dimidiatus. It was not until 1987 (Koste and Shiel 1987) that this species became known as B. “magadiensis”." [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Brachionus plicatilis magadiensis Koste & Shiel, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1799988 on 2026-03-17
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Nomenclature
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Koste, W.; Shiel, R. J. (1987). Rotifera from Australian inland waters. II. Epiphanidae and Brachionidae (Rotifera:Monogononta) Invertebrate Taxonomy, 7, 949-1021, available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9870949
page(s): p.984, pl.18, fig.5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p.984, pl.18, fig.5 [details] Available for editors
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Ecology Brackish water records refer to inland saline waters. [details]Etymology Adjectival toponym; name refers to type locality: Lake Magadi, Kenya. [details]
Etymology Adjectival toponym; name refers to type locality: Lake Magad, Kenya. [details]
Grammatical gender Gender agreement: yes; name type: adjective [details]
Grammatical gender Gender agreement: yes; name type: adjective [details]
Taxonomy • This taxon was never formally described, it is a nomen nudum. It was listed by Koste & Shiel (1987:984) as Brachionus plicatilis magadiensis Koste (Fig.18:5a,b) and as "form not yet recorded from Australia". The reference to Koste (1978) is erroneous, the figures originate from Koste (1980:152, figs.3a,b, as B. plicatilis). In Koste & Shiel's (op. cit.) figure caption (Fig.18:5a,b) the taxon is not named but mentioned as "B. plicatilis Müller with rounded apical spines, Nakuru Lake, E. Africa". According to Koste (1980) [op. cit.] the specimens, however, originate from Lake Magadi, Kenya.
• In his Doctoral thesis, Mills (2006) summarized that "This member of the species complex (=B. plicatilis s.l.) was hinted at from as early as 1932 by de Beauchamp and later by Pourriot et al. in 1967 (Pejler 1974). Although Pejler (1974) provided an illustration indicating a dwarfed form of this species, he was uncertain of its identity, labeling it B. sp., assumed to be closely related to either B. plicatilis or B. dimidiatus. It was not until 1987 (Koste and Shiel 1987) that this species became known as B. “magadiensis”." [details]
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