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

Filinia Bory de St. Vincent, 1824

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fadeewella*	Smirnov, 1928	generic synonym
*Tetramastix*	Zacharias, 1898	generic synonym
*Triarthra*	Ehrenberg, 1832	synonym

Children

Filinia brachiata (Rousselet, 1901)
Filinia camasecla Myers, 1938
Filinia cornuta (Weisse, 1848)
Filinia hofmanni Koste, 1980
Filinia limnetica (Zacharias, 1893)
Filinia longiseta (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Filinia opilionensis (Zacharias, 1898)
Filinia opoliensis (Zacharias, 1898)
Filinia passa (O. F.Muller, 1786)
Filinia saltator (Gosse, 1886)
Filinia terminalis (Plate, 1886)

Literature

original description	Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1824). Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle, par Messieurs Audouin, Isid. Bourdon, Ad. Brongniart, de Candolle ... et Bory de Saint-Vincent. Ouvrage dirigé par ce dernier collaborateur. Paris. Rey et Gravier, 6, 593
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
taxonomy source	Sanoamuang, L. (2002). Genus Filinia Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 In: T. Nogrady; H. Segers. Rotifera. Volume 6: Asplanchnidae, Gastropodidae, Lindiidae, Microcodidae, Synchaetidae, Trochosphaeridae and Filinia. Leiden, The Netherlands. Backhuys Publishers, 18, 224-257

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Filinia Bory de St. Vincent, 1824. 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:134931

Hendrik Segers. Filinia Bory de St. Vincent, 1824. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5f6eb69a-4ef5-4540-9a67-741380c197cd