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

Lepadella patella (Müller, 1773)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepadella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1826	accepted genus name
*Metopidia*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym

Species group names

*Lepadella (Lepadella) minor*	Koch-Althaus, 1963	subjective synonym
*Lepadella (Lepadella) parvula*	De Graaf, 1960	subjective synonym
*Lepadella (Lepadella) persimilis*	De Ridder, 1961	subjective synonym
*Metopidia similis*	Lucks, 1912	subjective synonym
*Squamella oblonga*	Ehrenberg, 1834	subjective synonym
*Brachionus patella*	Müller, 1773	synonym
*Lepadella (Lepadella) patella*	(Müller, 1773)	synonym; alternate representation

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	Jersabek, C. D.; Leitner, M. F. (2013). The Rotifer World Catalog. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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	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	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	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). Lepadella patella (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:148316