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

Asplanchna brightwellii Gosse, 1850

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asplanchna*	Gosse, 1850	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Asplanchna brightwelli*	Gosse, 1850	synonym

Literature

original description	Gosse, P. H. (1850). Description of Asplanchna priodonta, an animal of the Class Rotifera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 2) 6, 18-24, pl.1-2
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	Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data.
additional source	Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104
additional source	José De Paggi, S. (2002). Family Asplanchnidae Eckstein, 1883. In: T. Nogrady; H. Segers. Rotifera. Volume 6: Asplanchnidae, Gastropodidae, Lindiidae, Microcodidae, Synchaetidae, Trochosphaeridae and Filinia. Leiden, The Netherlands. Backhuys Publishers, 18, 1-27

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Asplanchna brightwellii Gosse, 1850. 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:134976