Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Pseudotrocha > Order Ploima

Brachionidae Ehrenberg, 1838

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Anuraeopsis*	Lauterborn, 1900	taxonomically included in
*Brachionus*	Pallas, 1776	taxonomically included in
*Kellicottia*	Ahlstrom, 1938	taxonomically included in
*Keratella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1822	taxonomically included in
*Notholca*	Gosse, 1886	taxonomically included in
*Plationus*	Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993	taxonomically included in
*Platyias*	Harring, 1913	taxonomically included in

Children

Anuraeopsis Lauterborn, 1900
Brachionus Pallas, 1776
Kellicottia Ahlstrom, 1938
Keratella Bory de St. Vincent, 1822
Notholca Gosse, 1886
Plationus Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993
Platyias Harring, 1913

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. Leipzig. Verlag von Leopold Voss, 547, pl.1-64
basis of record	O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 149-151
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104
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.