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

Trichocerca rattus (Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trichocerca*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Acanthodactylus*	Tessin, 1890	generic synonym
*Coelopus*	Gosse, 1886	generic synonym
*Diurella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1824	generic synonym
*Mastigocerca*	Ehrenberg, 1830	generic synonym
*Monocera*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1826	generic synonym
*Rattulus*	Lamarck, 1816	generic synonym
*Vaginaria*	Schrank, 1802	generic synonym
*Monocerca*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Trichoda rattus*	Müller, 1776	objective synonym
*Mastigocerca carinata*	Ehrenberg, 1830	subjective synonym
*Trichocerca minor*	Fadeew, 1925	subjective synonym

Literature

basis of record	Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data.
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	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

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Trichocerca rattus (Müller, 1776). 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:148342

Hendrik Segers. Trichocerca rattus (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/04bfc058-9b60-4e2a-b898-b1413a168966