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

Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シオミズツボワムシ

Literature

original description	Müller, O. F. (1786). Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quæ detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit. Havniæ, 367, pl.1-50
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	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.
additional source	Mills,S.; Alcántara-Rodriguez, J. A.; Ciros-Perez, J.; Gómez, A.; Hagiwara, A.; Hinson Galindo, K.; Jersabek, C. D.; Malekzadeh-Viayeh, R.; Leasi, F.; Lee, J.; Mark Welch, D.; Papakostas, S; Riss, S.; Segers, H.; Serra, M.; Shiel, R. J.; Smolak, R.; Snell, T. W.; Stelzer, C. P.; Tang, C. Q.; Wallace, R. L.; Fontaneto, D.; Walsh, E. J. (2017). Fifteen species in one: deciphering the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera, Monogononta) through DNA taxonomy. Hydrobiologia, 796, 39-58
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	De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4): 1-39
additional source	Sørensen, M. V. 2009. Rotifera of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 533–537 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786. 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:134982