WoRMS taxon details
Keratella americana Carlin, 1943
419294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419294)
accepted
Species
Keratella americana f. hispida Vasques, Koste & Medina, 1991 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Keratella americana f. pustulata Koste, 1982 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Keratella gracilenta Ahlstrom, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Keratella lenzi caudata Koste, 1972 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Carlin, B. (1943). Die Planktonrotatorien des Motalaström - zur Taxonomie und Ökologie der Planktonrotatorien. Meddelanden Lunds Universitets Limnologiska Institution, 5, 1-256, pl.1-4 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Anuraea stipitata Ehrenberg after Zelinka (1907)._x000d_
long regarded as a "New World species", K. americana most...
long regarded as a "New World species", K. americana most...
Taxonomy Anuraea stipitata Ehrenberg after Zelinka (1907)._x000d_
long regarded as a "New World species", K. americana most recently has been recorded also from the Oriental (Tropical China) (Yu et al., 2017)and Australian (River Murray; Russell Shiel, photodocumented, in litt., May 2018) regions. [details]
long regarded as a "New World species", K. americana most recently has been recorded also from the Oriental (Tropical China) (Yu et al., 2017)and Australian (River Murray; Russell Shiel, photodocumented, in litt., May 2018) regions. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Keratella americana Carlin, 1943. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419294 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Carlin, B. (1943). Die Planktonrotatorien des Motalaström - zur Taxonomie und Ökologie der Planktonrotatorien. Meddelanden Lunds Universitets Limnologiska Institution, 5, 1-256, pl.1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Keratella americana f. hispida Vasques, Koste & Medina, 1991) Vasquez, E.; Koste, W.; Medina, M. L. (1991). Variaciones morfológicas del rotifero Keratella americana (Carlin, 1943) de una laguna de inundación del rio Orinoco, Venezuela. Revue d'Hydrobiologie Tropicale, 24, 83-90 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Keratella americana f. pustulata Koste, 1982) Brandorff, G. O.; Koste, W.; Smirnov, N. N. (1982). The composition and structure of rotiferan and crustacean communities of the lower Rio Nhamunda, Amazonas, Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 17, 69-121 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Keratella lenzi caudata Koste, 1972) Koste, W. (1972). Rotatorien aus Gewässern Amazoniens. Amazoniana, 3, 258-505 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Keratella gracilenta Ahlstrom, 1943) Ahlstrom, E. H. (1943). A revision of the rotatorian genus Keratella with descriptions of three new species and five new varieties. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 80, 411-457, pl.35-42 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Sørensen, M. V. 2009. Rotifera of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 533–537 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
[request]original description (of Keratella americana f. hispida Vasques, Koste & Medina, 1991) Vasquez, E.; Koste, W.; Medina, M. L. (1991). Variaciones morfológicas del rotifero Keratella americana (Carlin, 1943) de una laguna de inundación del rio Orinoco, Venezuela. Revue d'Hydrobiologie Tropicale, 24, 83-90 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Keratella americana f. pustulata Koste, 1982) Brandorff, G. O.; Koste, W.; Smirnov, N. N. (1982). The composition and structure of rotiferan and crustacean communities of the lower Rio Nhamunda, Amazonas, Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 17, 69-121 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Keratella lenzi caudata Koste, 1972) Koste, W. (1972). Rotatorien aus Gewässern Amazoniens. Amazoniana, 3, 258-505 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Keratella gracilenta Ahlstrom, 1943) Ahlstrom, E. H. (1943). A revision of the rotatorian genus Keratella with descriptions of three new species and five new varieties. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 80, 411-457, pl.35-42 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Sørensen, M. V. 2009. Rotifera of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 533–537 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Jersabek, C. D.; Leitner, M. F. (2013). The Rotifer World Catalog. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at http://www.rotifera.hausdernatur.at/ [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 Jersabek, C. D.; Leitner, M. F. (2013). The Rotifer World Catalog. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at http://www.rotifera.hausdernatur.at/ [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Anuraea stipitata Ehrenberg after Zelinka (1907)._x000d_long regarded as a "New World species", K. americana most recently has been recorded also from the Oriental (Tropical China) (Yu et al., 2017)and Australian (River Murray; Russell Shiel, photodocumented, in litt., May 2018) regions. [details]
