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

Encentrum marinum (Dujardin, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Furcularia Lamarck, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Encentrum*	Ehrenberg, 1838	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Furcularia marina*	Dujardin, 1841	synonym

Literature

basis of record	De Smet, W H. (2002). Marine Rotifera from the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands (Subantarctica), with the description of a new Encentrum (Monogononta: Dicranophoridae). International Review of Hydrobiology. 87: 411-422.
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	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.
additional source	De Smet, W. H. (1997). Dicranophoridae. In: Rotifera. Volume 5: The Dicranophoridae and the Ituridae (Monogononta). In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. Amsterdam. SPB Academic Publishing, 5, 1-325, 341-344
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	Dujardin, F. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes. Infusoires, comprenant la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux, et la manière de les étudier à l'aide du microscope. Paris. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, xii + 684 pp.; Atlas: 22 pls

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Encentrum marinum (Dujardin, 1841). 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:135015

Hendrik Segers. Encentrum marinum (Dujardin, 1841). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0a9cbaec-9e43-400e-9f7e-791fbf5b756f