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

Keratella valga (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anuraea Ehrenberg, 1832

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Keratella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1822	accepted genus name
*Anuraea*	Ehrenberg, 1832	synonym

Species group names

*Keratella valga valga*	(Ehrenberg, 1834)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Species composition of meso- and macrozooplankton of the Black Sea
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	Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022.

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Keratella valga (Ehrenberg, 1834). 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:247963

Hendrik Segers. Keratella valga (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f3916133-da44-4c10-9fcb-10275a017cf5