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

Keratella Bory de St. Vincent, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anuraea*	Ehrenberg, 1832	synonym

Children

Keratella cochlearis (Gosse, 1851)
Keratella cruciformis (Thompson, 1892)
Keratella eichwaldi (Levander, 1894)
Keratella mixta (Oparina-Charitonova, 1924)
Keratella paludosa (Lucks, 1912)
Keratella quadrata (O. F. Müller, 1786)
Keratella serrulata (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Keratella testudo (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907)
Keratella valga (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Literature

original description	Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1822). 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, 2, 621
original description	Bory de Saint-Vincent, J. B. M. (1822). Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. Tome second [vol. 2]. Paris. Rey & Gravier, libraires-éditeurs; Baudouin Frères, libraires-éditeurs.
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	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). Keratella Bory de St. Vincent, 1822. 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:134941

Hendrik Segers. Keratella Bory de St. Vincent, 1822. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ff80f0ac-6cf1-4637-9c3b-259ebd76b46b