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

Encentrum Ehrenberg, 1838

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Encentrum acrodon Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum algente Harring, 1921
Encentrum alpinum Jersabek, 1999
Encentrum aquilus (Gosse, 1887)
Encentrum arenarium Althaus, 1957
Encentrum arvicola Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum asellicola (Bartos, 1947)
Encentrum axi Tzschaschel, 1979
Encentrum barti De Smet, 2000
Encentrum bidentatum (Lie-Pettersen, 1906)
Encentrum boreale Harring & Myers, 1928
Encentrum cruentum Harring & Myers, 1928
Encentrum desmeti Jersabek, 1999
Encentrum dieteri De Smet, 1995
Encentrum diglandula (Zavadowski, 1926)
Encentrum elongatum Harring & Myers, 1928
Encentrum enteromorphae Otto, 1936
Encentrum eristes Harring & Myers, 1928
Encentrum eulitorale Tzschaschel, 1978
Encentrum eurycephalum Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum felis (Muller, 1773)
Encentrum flexile Godske Eriksen, 1968
Encentrum fluviatile Wulfert, 1939
Encentrum gibbosum Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum glaucum Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum goldschmidi Jersabek, 1999
Encentrum graingeri Chengalath, 1985
Encentrum grande (Western, 1891)
Encentrum gulo Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum hofsteni (de Beauchamp, 1913)
Encentrum incisum Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum insolitum Myers, 1936
Encentrum kostei Tzschaschel, 1978
Encentrum kozminskii Wiszniewski, 1948
Encentrum limicola Otto, 1936
Encentrum listense Tzschaschel, 1978
Encentrum listensoides De Smet, 2000
Encentrum longidens Donner, 1943
Encentrum longipes Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum longirostrum Tzschaschel, 1978
Encentrum lupus Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum lutra Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum mariae Koniar, 1957
Encentrum marinum (Dujardin, 1841)
Encentrum martes Wulfert, 1939
Encentrum martoides Fott, 1960
Encentrum matthesi Remane, 1949
Encentrum minax Donner, 1943
Encentrum moldavicum Sladecek, 1961
Encentrum mucronatum Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum murrayi Bryce, 1922
Encentrum mustela (Milne, 1885)
Encentrum myersi Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum nikor (Pawlowski, 1938)
Encentrum obesum Tzschaschel, 1979
Encentrum oculatum Harring & Myers, 1928
Encentrum orthodactylum Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum otois Harring & Myers, 1928
Encentrum oxyodon Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum pachypus Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum parvum Donner, 1952
Encentrum permolle (Gosse, 1886)
Encentrum permutandum Tzschaschel, 1979
Encentrum porsildi Sørensen, 1998
Encentrum psammophilum Althaus, 1957
Encentrum putorius Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum rapax Donner, 1943
Encentrum remanei Voigt, 1957
Encentrum rousseleti (Lie-Pettersen, 1905)
Encentrum sacculiforme Tzschaschel, 1978
Encentrum saundersiae (Hudson, 1885)
Encentrum semiplicatum Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum simillimum Remane, 1929
Encentrum sorex Wulfert, 1951
Encentrum spatiatum Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum spinosum Koch-Althaus, 1962
Encentrum stechlinensis Koch-Althaus, 1962
Encentrum striatum Althaus, 1957
Encentrum sutor Wiszniewski, 1936
Encentrum sutoroides Wulfert, 1940
Encentrum tectipes Remane, 1949
Encentrum tenuidigitatum De Smet, 2000
Encentrum tobyhannaensis Myers, 1940
Encentrum torvitoides (Smirnov, 1930)
Encentrum torvitum (Harring & Myers, 1928)
Encentrum tyrphos Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum umbonatum Kutikova, 1985
Encentrum uncinatum (Milne, 1886)
Encentrum valkanovi Althaus, 1957
Encentrum villosum Harring & Myers, 1928
Encentrum voigti Wulfert, 1936
Encentrum walterkostei Jersabek, 1994
Encentrum wiszniewskii Wulfert, 1939

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. Leipzig. Verlag von Leopold Voss, 547, pl.1-64
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	Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158.
taxonomy source	De Smet, W. H. (1997). Dicranophoridae. In: Rotifera. Volume 5: The Dicranophoridae and the Ituridae (Monogononta). In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. Amsterdam. SPB Academic Publishing, 5, 1-325, 341-344
subsequent type designation	Harring, H. K. (1913). Synopsis of the Rotatoria. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 81, 1-226

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Encentrum Ehrenberg, 1838. 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:134949

Hendrik Segers. Encentrum Ehrenberg, 1838. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7ead3b13-bbb7-4e71-943a-794505230bf6