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

Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas, 1776

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brachionus*	Pallas, 1776	accepted genus name
*Noteus*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym

Species group names

*Brachionus amphiceros*	Ehrenberg, 1838	subjective synonym
*Brachionus anuraeiformis*	Brehm, 1909	subjective synonym
*Brachionus dorcas*	Gosse, 1851	subjective synonym
*Brachionus pala*	Ehrenberg, 1838	subjective synonym

Children

Brachionus calyciflorus calyciflorus Pallas, 1776

Literature

original description	Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae. 451 pp.
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	Michaloudi, E.; Papakostas, S.; Stamou, G.; Nedela, V.; Tihlariková, E.; Zhang, W.; Declerck, S. (2018). Reverse taxonomy applied to the Brachionus calyciflorus cryptic species complex: Morphometric analysis confirms species delimitations revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis and allows the (re)description of four species. PLoS One, 13 (9), e0203168
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 Unpublished data.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	Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022.
additional source	Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas, 1766. 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:134980

Hendrik Segers. Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas, 1776. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/88ffbed6-0383-4148-b159-ddbd250ff128