Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Bdelloidea > Order Philodinida > Family Philodinidae

Rotaria Scopoli, 1777

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rotifer*	Cuvier, 1798	generic synonym
*Actinurus*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym
*Furcularia*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Children

Rotaria citrina (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Rotaria curtipes (Murray, 1911)
Rotaria elongata (Weber, 1888)
Rotaria exoculis de Koning, 1947
Rotaria haptica (Gosse, 1886)
Rotaria laticeps Wulfert, 1942
Rotaria macroceros (Gosse, 1851)
Rotaria macrura (Schrank, 1803)
Rotaria magnacalcarata (Parsons, 1892)
Rotaria mento (Anderson, 1889)
Rotaria murrayi Bartos, 1951
Rotaria neptunia (Ehrenberg, 1830)
Rotaria neptunoida Harring, 1913
Rotaria quadrioculata (Murray, 1902)
Rotaria rotatoria (Pallas, 1766)
Rotaria socialis (Kellicott, 1888)
Rotaria sordida (Western, 1893)
Rotaria spicata (Murray, 1902)
Rotaria tardigrada (Ehrenberg, 1830)
Rotaria tridens (Montet, 1915)
Rotaria trisecata (Weber, 1888)

Literature

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. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506.
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	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
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
taxonomy source	Kutikova, L. A. (2005). The bdelloid rotifers of the fauna of Russia. Moscow. KMK Scientific Press Ltd., 314

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Rotaria Scopoli, 1777. 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:134927

Hendrik Segers. Rotaria Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/06acaf5c-7d75-454f-aba7-be3d246e0cd9