Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Gnesiotrocha > Order Flosculariaceae > Family Hexarthridae

Hexarthra Schmarda, 1854

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pedalia*	Barrois, 1878	generic synonym
*Pedalion*	Hudson, 1871	synonym

Children

Hexarthra bulgarica (Wiszniewski, 1933)
Hexarthra fennica (Levander, 1892)
Hexarthra intermedia Wiszniewski, 1929
Hexarthra jenkinae (De Beauchamp, 1932)
Hexarthra mira (Hudson, 1871)
Hexarthra mollis (Bartos, 1948)
Hexarthra oxyuris (Sernov, 1903)
Hexarthra polyodonta (Hauer, 1957)
Hexarthra propinqua (Bartos, 1948)
Hexarthra reducens (Bartos, 1948)

Literature

original description	Schmarda, L. K. (1854). Zur Naturgeschichte Ägyptens. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe. 7(2): 1-28. With 7 plates.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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.

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Hexarthra Schmarda, 1854. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134932

Hendrik Segers. Hexarthra Schmarda, 1854. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/479dda4a-e5e3-446c-a32e-4c51b9fb82b8