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

Keratella quadrata (Müller, 1786)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Brachionus Pallas, 1766

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Keratella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Brachionus quadrata*	O. F. Muller, 1786	objective synonym
*Anuraea aculeata*	Ehrenberg, 1832	subjective synonym
*Keratella valgoides*	Edmonson & Hutchinson, 1934	subjective synonym

Children

Keratella quadrata quadrata Müller, 1786

Literature

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	Segers, H. 2007. Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. (Zootaxa 1564). 104 pp.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
GenBank (51 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Segers, H. (2014). Keratella quadrata (Müller, 1786). In: Segers, H. (Ed.) (2014). World Rotifera database from FADA. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134992

Dr Ulrike Obertegger. Keratella quadrata (O. F. Muller, 1786). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=301846