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

Colurella uncinata (O.F. Muller, 1773)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Brachionus Pallas, 1776

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Colurella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1824	accepted genus name
*Colurus*	Ehrenberg, 1830	generic synonym
*Monura*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym

Species group names

*Colurella collaris*	Wulfert, 1965	subjective synonym
*Colurus bicuspidata*	Ehrenberg, 1832	subjective synonym
*Colurus deflexus*	Ehrenberg, 1834	subjective synonym
*Colurus dumnonius*	Gosse, 1887	subjective synonym
*Monura micromela*	Gosse, 1887	subjective synonym
*Brachionus uncinatus*	Müller, 1773	synonym

Children

Colurella uncinata bicuspidata (Ehrenberg, 1832)

Literature

basis of record	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	Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls.
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Colurella uncinata (Müller, 1773). 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:148306

Hendrik Segers. Colurella uncinata (O.F. Muller, 1773). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/26afd0e7-cd03-421b-81ac-ce086911123d