WoRMS taxon details
Lecane lunaris (Ehrenberg, 1832)
456710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456710)
accepted
Species
Lecane lunaris arthrodactyla Bērziņš, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lecane lunaris australis Bērziņš, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lecane lunaris f. granulata Koste, 1978 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Lecane lunaris f. lunaris (Steinecke, 1916) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lecane lunaris f. obserata (Steinecke, 1916) · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Lecane lunaris var. constricta (Murray, 1913) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lecane quennerstedti (Bergendal, 1892) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lecane sylvatica (Harring, 1913) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lepadella lunaris Ehrenberg, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monostyla constricta Murray, 1913 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monostyla lunaris Ehrenberg, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monostyla lunaris f. lunaris Steinecke, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monostyla lunaris f. obserata Steinecke, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monostyla quennerstedti Bergendal, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monostyla sylvatica Harring, 1913 · unaccepted > superseded combination
recent only
(of Lepadella lunaris 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. [details] 
Taxonomy Morphologically variable taxon, probably concealing cryptic species.
Taxonomy (?) Lecane scutata (Harring & Myers) after Pejler (1962)._x000d_
not Monostyla lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Perty (1952,...
Taxonomy Morphologically variable taxon, probably concealing cryptic species. [details]
Taxonomy (?) Lecane scutata (Harring & Myers) after Pejler (1962)._x000d_
not Monostyla lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Perty (1952,...
Taxonomy (?) Lecane scutata (Harring & Myers) after Pejler (1962)._x000d_
not Monostyla lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Perty (1952, partim: pl.1,fig.4A,B), Weber (1898) [=Lecane bulla (Gosse)?]; Arevalo (1918)[=L. punctata (Murray)?]; not L. lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Brandorff et al. (1982)[=L. bulla (Gosse)]; ?not Monostyla lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Pax & Wulfert (1942)[=Lecane perplexa (Ahlstrom)?]; Donner (1964, part.: fig.31d)[=Lecane crenata Harring]; Donner (1964, part.: fig.31e)[=Lecane acus Harring]; Wang (1961)[=Lecane acus Harring?]._x000d_
First listed, without any descriptive information to satisfy the criteria of availability, as "Monostyla ? lunaris n. sp." (p.84) and as "MONOSTYLA ? lunaris n. G." (p.90) by Ehrenberg (1830)._x000d_
Highly variable morphospecies that probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! [details]
not Monostyla lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Perty (1952, partim: pl.1,fig.4A,B), Weber (1898) [=Lecane bulla (Gosse)?]; Arevalo (1918)[=L. punctata (Murray)?]; not L. lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Brandorff et al. (1982)[=L. bulla (Gosse)]; ?not Monostyla lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Pax & Wulfert (1942)[=Lecane perplexa (Ahlstrom)?]; Donner (1964, part.: fig.31d)[=Lecane crenata Harring]; Donner (1964, part.: fig.31e)[=Lecane acus Harring]; Wang (1961)[=Lecane acus Harring?]._x000d_
First listed, without any descriptive information to satisfy the criteria of availability, as "Monostyla ? lunaris n. sp." (p.84) and as "MONOSTYLA ? lunaris n. G." (p.90) by Ehrenberg (1830)._x000d_
Highly variable morphospecies that probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! [details]
WoRMS (2025). Lecane lunaris (Ehrenberg, 1832). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456710 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lecane lunaris f. granulata Koste, 1978) 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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original description (of Lecane lunaris arthrodactyla Bērziņš, 1982) Bērziņš, B. (1982). Zur Kenntnis der Rotatorienfauna von Madagaskar. Limnologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet, 1-24, pl.1-12 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lecane lunaris australis Bērziņš, 1982) Bērziņš, B. (1982). Contribution to the knowledge of Rotatoria of Australia. Limnologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet, 1-24, pl.1-11 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lepadella lunaris 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. [details]
original description (of Monostyla constricta Murray, 1913) Murray, J. (1913). Notes on the family Cathypnidae. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 33, 545-564, pl.22-23 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Monostyla quennerstedti Bergendal, 1892) Bergendal, D. (1892). Beiträge zur Fauna Grönlands. Ergebnisse einer im Jahre 1890 in Grönland vorgenommenen Forschungsreise. I. Zur Rotatorienfauna Grönlands. Lunds universitets års-skrift. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Berlingska Boktryckeri, Lund, (sect. 2), 28 (4), 1-180, pl.1-6 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Monostyla sylvatica Harring, 1913) Harring, H. K. (1913). A list of the Rotatoria of Washington and vicinity, with description of a new genus and ten new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 46, 287-405, pl.34-38 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Monostyla lunaris f. obserata Steinecke, 1916) Steinecke, F. (1916). Die Rotatorien und Gastrotrichen des Zehlaubruches. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg in Preussen, 57, 84-100 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Monostyla lunaris f. lunaris Steinecke, 1916) Steinecke, F. (1916). Die Rotatorien und Gastrotrichen des Zehlaubruches. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg in Preussen, 57, 84-100 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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
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basis of record Dartnall, H. J. G.; Hollowday, E. D. (1985). Antarctic rotifers. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports, 100, 1-46 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lecane lunaris arthrodactyla Bērziņš, 1982) Bērziņš, B. (1982). Zur Kenntnis der Rotatorienfauna von Madagaskar. Limnologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet, 1-24, pl.1-12 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Lecane lunaris australis Bērziņš, 1982) Bērziņš, B. (1982). Contribution to the knowledge of Rotatoria of Australia. Limnologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet, 1-24, pl.1-11 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Lepadella lunaris 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. [details]
original description (of Monostyla constricta Murray, 1913) Murray, J. (1913). Notes on the family Cathypnidae. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 33, 545-564, pl.22-23 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Monostyla quennerstedti Bergendal, 1892) Bergendal, D. (1892). Beiträge zur Fauna Grönlands. Ergebnisse einer im Jahre 1890 in Grönland vorgenommenen Forschungsreise. I. Zur Rotatorienfauna Grönlands. Lunds universitets års-skrift. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Berlingska Boktryckeri, Lund, (sect. 2), 28 (4), 1-180, pl.1-6 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Monostyla sylvatica Harring, 1913) Harring, H. K. (1913). A list of the Rotatoria of Washington and vicinity, with description of a new genus and ten new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 46, 287-405, pl.34-38 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Monostyla lunaris f. obserata Steinecke, 1916) Steinecke, F. (1916). Die Rotatorien und Gastrotrichen des Zehlaubruches. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg in Preussen, 57, 84-100 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Monostyla lunaris f. lunaris Steinecke, 1916) Steinecke, F. (1916). Die Rotatorien und Gastrotrichen des Zehlaubruches. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg in Preussen, 57, 84-100 [details] Available for editors

basis of record 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

basis of record Dartnall, H. J. G.; Hollowday, E. D. (1985). Antarctic rotifers. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports, 100, 1-46 [details] Available for editors

Other
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 Segers, H. (1995). Rotifera, Volume 2: The Lecanidae (Monogononta). In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. The Hague. SPB Academic Publishing BV, 6, 226 [details] Available for editors
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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 Segers, H. (1995). Rotifera, Volume 2: The Lecanidae (Monogononta). In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. The Hague. SPB Academic Publishing BV, 6, 226 [details] Available for editors






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Taxonomy Morphologically variable taxon, probably concealing cryptic species. [details]Taxonomy (?) Lecane scutata (Harring & Myers) after Pejler (1962)._x000d_
not Monostyla lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Perty (1952, partim: pl.1,fig.4A,B), Weber (1898) [=Lecane bulla (Gosse)?]; Arevalo (1918)[=L. punctata (Murray)?]; not L. lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Brandorff et al. (1982)[=L. bulla (Gosse)]; ?not Monostyla lunaris (Ehrenberg) after Pax & Wulfert (1942)[=Lecane perplexa (Ahlstrom)?]; Donner (1964, part.: fig.31d)[=Lecane crenata Harring]; Donner (1964, part.: fig.31e)[=Lecane acus Harring]; Wang (1961)[=Lecane acus Harring?]._x000d_
First listed, without any descriptive information to satisfy the criteria of availability, as "Monostyla ? lunaris n. sp." (p.84) and as "MONOSTYLA ? lunaris n. G." (p.90) by Ehrenberg (1830)._x000d_
Highly variable morphospecies that probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! [details]