Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Bdelloidea > Order Philodinida > Family Philodinidae > Genus Rotaria

Rotaria neptunia (Ehrenberg, 1830)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rotaria*	Scopoli, 1777	accepted genus name
*Rotifer*	Cuvier, 1798	generic synonym
*Actinurus*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym
*Furcularia*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Actinurus neptunia*	Ehrenberg, 1832	objective synonym
*Actinurus neptunius*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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	Donner, J. (1965). Ordnung Bdelloidea (Rotatoria, Rädertiere). Bestimmungsbücher zur Bodenfauna Europas. Berlin. Akademie-Verlag, 297
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Rotaria neptunia (Ehrenberg, 1830). 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:148368

Hendrik Segers. Rotaria neptunia (Ehrenberg, 1830). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f4c60a31-ded4-43d6-9a52-be5dbd3e11fb