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

Lecane nana (Murray, 1913)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cathypna Gosse, 1886

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lecane*	Nitzsch, 1827	accepted genus name
*Cathypna*	Gosse, 1886	generic synonym
*Diarthra*	Daday, 1897	generic synonym
*Hemimonostyla*	Bartos, 1959	generic synonym
*Monostyla*	Ehrenberg, 1830	generic synonym
*Distyla*	Eckstein, 1883	synonym
*Distyla*	auct.	misapplied name

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	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.
additional source	Segers, H. (1995). Rotifera, Volume 2: The Lecanidae (Monogononta). In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. The Hague. SPB Academic Publishing BV, 6, 226

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Lecane nana (Murray, 1913). 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:148331

Hendrik Segers. Lecane nana (Murray, 1913). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/99a9f525-f3ed-4204-98a7-dcccba11f40e