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

Polyarthra Ehrenberg, 1834

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anarthra*	Hood, 1895	generic synonym

Children

Polyarthra bicerca Wulfert, 1956
Polyarthra dissimulans Nipkow, 1952
Polyarthra dolichoptera Idelson, 1925
Polyarthra euryptera Wierzejski, 1891
Polyarthra longiremis Carlin, 1943
Polyarthra luminosa Kutikova, 1962
Polyarthra major Burckhardt, 1900
Polyarthra minor Voigt, 1904
Polyarthra remata Skorikov, 1896
Polyarthra vulgaris Carlin, 1943

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11].
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	Hollowday, E. D. (2002). Family Synchaetidae Hudson & Gosse, 1886 In: T. Nogrady; H. Segers. Rotifera. Volume 6: Asplanchnidae, Gastropodidae, Lindiidae, Microcodidae, Synchaetidae, Trochosphaeridae and Filinia. Leiden, The Netherlands. Backhuys Publishers, 18, 87-211

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Polyarthra Ehrenberg, 1834. 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:134957

Hendrik Segers. Polyarthra Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6f8246f3-2936-4dea-a922-3fc47d1010e2