WoRMS taxon details
Brachionus Pallas, 1766
134937 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134937)
accepted
Genus
Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas, 1766 (type by subsequent designation)
Arthracanthus Schmarda, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arthrocanthus Schmarda, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dadayus Gallagher, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Noteus Ehrenberg, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Schizocerca Daday, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tricalama Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Brachionus falcatus Zacharias, 1898
- Species Brachionus ibericus Ciros-Pérez, Gómez & Serra, 2001
- Species Brachionus koreanus Hwang, Dahms, Park & Lee, 2013
- Species Brachionus manjavacas Fontaneto, Giordani, Melone & Serra, 2007
- Species Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786
- Species Brachionus rotundiformis Tschugunoff, 1921
- Species Brachionus asplanchnoides Charin, 1947 accepted as Brachionus asplanchnoidis Charin, 1947
- Species Brachionus cernuus Pallas, 1774 accepted as Pedicellina cernua (Pallas, 1774) (unaccepted > superseded combination, belongs to Entoprocta)
- Species Brachionus clypeatus Müller, 1786 accepted as Testudinella clypeata (Müller, 1786) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brachionus patina Hermann, 1783 accepted as Testudinella patina (Hermann, 1783) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brachionus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh
masculine
Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
Taxonomy Non Schrank, 1776 (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda); non Blumenbach, 1790 (Cnidaria)
Taxonomy Non Schrank, 1776 (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda); non Blumenbach, 1790 (Cnidaria) [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Brachionus Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134937 on 2025-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 89 [details]
original description (of Noteus 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 Arthracanthus Schmarda, 1854) Schmarda, L. K. (1854). Zur Naturgeschichte Ägyptens. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> 7(2): 1-28. With 7 plates.
page(s): p.12 [details]
original description (of Arthrocanthus Schmarda, 1859) Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347
page(s): p.66 [details]
original description (of Schizocerca Daday, 1883) Daday, E. (1883). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Rädertiere. Mathematische und Naturwissenschaftliche Berichte aus Ungarn, 1, 261-264
page(s): p.262 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tricalama 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.84 [details]
original description (of Dadayus Gallagher, 1957) Gallagher, J. J. (1957). Generic classification of the Rotifera. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 31, 182-187
page(s): p.183 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 89 [details]
original description (of Noteus 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 Arthracanthus Schmarda, 1854) Schmarda, L. K. (1854). Zur Naturgeschichte Ägyptens. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> 7(2): 1-28. With 7 plates.
page(s): p.12 [details]
original description (of Arthrocanthus Schmarda, 1859) Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347
page(s): p.66 [details]
original description (of Schizocerca Daday, 1883) Daday, E. (1883). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Rädertiere. Mathematische und Naturwissenschaftliche Berichte aus Ungarn, 1, 261-264
page(s): p.262 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tricalama 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.84 [details]
original description (of Dadayus Gallagher, 1957) Gallagher, J. J. (1957). Generic classification of the Rotifera. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 31, 182-187
page(s): p.183 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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]
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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]
subsequent type designation Ahlstrom, E. H. (1940). A revision of the rotatorian genera Brachionus and Platyias with descriptions of one new species and two new varieties. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 77, 143-184, pl.2-20 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
subsequent type designation Ahlstrom, E. H. (1940). A revision of the rotatorian genera Brachionus and Platyias with descriptions of one new species and two new varieties. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 77, 143-184, pl.2-20 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Original: "Animal minutissimum, interdum simplex, vagum: saepis compositum vegetans: pedunculatum, coronatum Limbo contractili, subreniformi, undulante, saepe ciliato."Amended, after Ahlstrom (1940) [Ref.362260]: "Brachionid rotifers with illoricate, retractile head and loricate body, usually separated into a dorsal and a ventral plate (in some species a basal plate is also developed) more or less compressed dorso-ventrally. Anterior dorsal margin with a variable number of spines, usually six or four; mental margin usually rigid, elevated, with a medium sinus. Postero-lateral spines developed on some species, postero-median spines also present on a few species. Foot opening usually at posterior end of lorica, between bases of posterior spines if present, seldom with a surrounding sheath. Foot long, wrinkled, retractile (not jointed), toes two." [details]
Taxonomy Non Schrank, 1776 (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda); non Blumenbach, 1790 (Cnidaria) [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ツボワムシ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachionus)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093157)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachionus)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093157)
To ITIS
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