WoRMS taxon details
Rotaria Scopoli, 1777
134927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134927)
accepted
Genus
Brachionus rotatorius Pallas, 1766 accepted as Rotaria rotatoria (Pallas, 1766) (type by monotypy)
Actinurus Ehrenberg, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Esechielina Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Furcularia Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rotifer Cuvier, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Urceolaria Lamarck, 1801__ · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh
feminine
Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): p.375 [details]
page(s): p.375 [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Rotaria Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134927 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): p.375 [details]
original description (of Furcularia Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Furcularia Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): p.36 [details]
original description (of Rotifer Cuvier, 1798) Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): p.659 [details]
original description (of Actinurus Ehrenberg, 1830) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1830). Organisation, Systematik und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 [Die geographische Verbreitung der Infusionsthierchen in Nord-Afrika und West-Asien, beob Berlin. Druckerei der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 108, pl.1-8
page(s): p.68 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Esechielina Bory de St. Vincent, 1826) Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104.
page(s): p.76 [details]
original description (of Urceolaria Lamarck, 1801__) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): p.389 [details]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p.375 [details]
original description (of Furcularia Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Furcularia Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): p.36 [details]
original description (of Rotifer Cuvier, 1798) Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): p.659 [details]
original description (of Actinurus Ehrenberg, 1830) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1830). Organisation, Systematik und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 [Die geographische Verbreitung der Infusionsthierchen in Nord-Afrika und West-Asien, beob Berlin. Druckerei der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 108, pl.1-8
page(s): p.68 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Esechielina Bory de St. Vincent, 1826) Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104.
page(s): p.76 [details]
original description (of Urceolaria Lamarck, 1801__) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): p.389 [details]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kutikova, L. A. (2005). The bdelloid rotifers of the fauna of Russia. Moscow. KMK Scientific Press Ltd., 314 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Checklist of valid family- and genus-group names in Rotifera - After Segers, H. (2002). Contribution to the nomenclature of Rotifera: Annotated checklist of valid family- and genus-group names. J. Nat. Hist. 36: 631-640. Update 20 Jan. 05 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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