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

Rotaria rotatoria (Pallas, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Brachionus Pallas, 1776

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

*Brachionus rotatorius*	Pallas, 1766	synonym

Children

Rotaria rotatoria granularis (Zacharias, 1885)
Rotaria rotatoria rotatoria (Pallas, 1766)
Rotaria rotatoria spongioderma Pax & Wulfert, 1941

Literature

basis of record	De Pauw, N., 1969. Contribution à l'étude du plancton dans le port d'Ostende. Biol. Jb. 37 : 186-262.
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	Donner, J. (1965). Ordnung Bdelloidea (Rotatoria, Rädertiere). Bestimmungsbücher zur Bodenfauna Europas. Berlin. Akademie-Verlag, 297

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Rotaria rotatoria (Pallas, 1766). 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:431954

Hendrik Segers. Rotaria rotatoria (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b36e8c0b-3808-41a3-8380-d02fc1ab8e6a