Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Orthonectida > Family Rhopaluridae

Rhopalura Giard, 1877

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Rhopalura elongata Shtein, 1953
Rhopalura gigas (Giard, 1877)
Rhopalura granosa Atkins, 1933
Rhopalura intoshi Metchnikoff, 1881
Rhopalura litoralis Shtein, 1953
Rhopalura murmanica Shtein, 1953
Rhopalura ophiocomae Giard, 1877
Rhopalura pelseneeri Caullery & Mesnil, 1901
Rhopalura philinae Lang, 1954
Rhopalura pterocirri de Saint-Joseph, 1896

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J.; Hallan, J. (2001). Mesozoa, 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. 104

additional source

Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

additional source

Hochberg, E. (2009). Phylum Orthonectida: orthonectids, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 359-361.

Genbank

loading

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Rhopalura Giard, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119145

Image

loading

Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

no data

Provided by

logo erms

GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119145

Last modified

2006-05-02 by Jacob van der Land

Your feedback

click here

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License

Your e-mail address:

Your message: