WoRMS taxon details
Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg, 1831
148307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148307)
accepted
Species
Colurella adriatica f. angusta Donner, 1964 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Colurella adriatica f. lata Donner, 1964 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural_status)
Colurella adriatica var. angusta Donner, 1964 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Colurella adriatica var. lata Donner, 1964 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Colurus caudatus Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Colurus leptus Gosse, 1887 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Lycocephalus brachionus Corda, 1838 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Monura bartonia Gosse, 1887 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, O. F. (1786). Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quæ detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit. Havniæ, 367, pl.1-50, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53299693 [details] Available for editors 
[request]
[request]
Taxonomy ?C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993); Lepadella sp. after Varghese (2006)._x000d_
?not Colurella adriatica...
?not Colurella adriatica...
Taxonomy ?C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993); Lepadella sp. after Varghese (2006)._x000d_
?not Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980)[=C. uncinata (Müller)?]._x000d_
The taxonomy of the polymorphic species group C. adriatica - colurus - geophila is particularly confused. Transitional forms exist, and cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances are likely to be discovered. [details]
?not Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980)[=C. uncinata (Müller)?]._x000d_
The taxonomy of the polymorphic species group C. adriatica - colurus - geophila is particularly confused. Transitional forms exist, and cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances are likely to be discovered. [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148307 on 2025-04-18
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Müller, O. F. (1786). Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quæ detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit. Havniæ, 367, pl.1-50, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53299693 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Colurus caudatus Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details]
original description (of Colurus leptus Gosse, 1887) Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twelve new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 361-367, pl.8 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Monura bartonia Gosse, 1887) Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twenty-four more new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 861-871, pl.14-15, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1887.tb01590.x [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lycocephalus brachionus Corda, 1838) Corda, A. J. C. (1838). Nouvelles observations microscopiques. Almanach de Carlsbad, Prague, 8, 179-198, pl.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Colurella adriatica var. angusta Donner, 1964) Donner, J. (1964). Die Rotatorien-Synusien submerser Makrophyten der Donau bei Wien und mehrerer Alpenbäche. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement, 27/1, 227-324, 10 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Colurella adriatica var. lata Donner, 1964) Donner, J. (1964). Die Rotatorien-Synusien submerser Makrophyten der Donau bei Wien und mehrerer Alpenbäche. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement, 27/1, 227-324, 10 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Colurus caudatus Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details]
original description (of Colurus leptus Gosse, 1887) Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twelve new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 361-367, pl.8 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Monura bartonia Gosse, 1887) Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twenty-four more new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 861-871, pl.14-15, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1887.tb01590.x [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lycocephalus brachionus Corda, 1838) Corda, A. J. C. (1838). Nouvelles observations microscopiques. Almanach de Carlsbad, Prague, 8, 179-198, pl.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Colurella adriatica var. angusta Donner, 1964) Donner, J. (1964). Die Rotatorien-Synusien submerser Makrophyten der Donau bei Wien und mehrerer Alpenbäche. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement, 27/1, 227-324, 10 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Colurella adriatica var. lata Donner, 1964) Donner, J. (1964). Die Rotatorien-Synusien submerser Makrophyten der Donau bei Wien und mehrerer Alpenbäche. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement, 27/1, 227-324, 10 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
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 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]
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 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 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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy ?C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993); Lepadella sp. after Varghese (2006)._x000d_?not Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980)[=C. uncinata (Müller)?]._x000d_
The taxonomy of the polymorphic species group C. adriatica - colurus - geophila is particularly confused. Transitional forms exist, and cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances are likely to be discovered. [details]
