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

Brachionus Pallas, 1776

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Noteus*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym

Children

Brachionus angularis Gosse, 1851
Brachionus bidentatus Anderson, 1889
Brachionus budapestinensis Daday, 1885
Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas, 1776
Brachionus dimidiatus Bryce, 1931
Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883)
Brachionus falcatus Zacharias, 1898
Brachionus ibericus Ciros-Peréz, Gómez & Serra, 2001
Brachionus leydigi Cohn, 1862
Brachionus leydigii Cohn, 1862
Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786
Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783
Brachionus rotundiformis Tschugunoff, 1921
Brachionus rubens Ehrenberg, 1838
Brachionus urceolaris O. F. Müller, 1773
Brachionus variabilis Hempel, 1896

Literature

original description	Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae. 451 pp.
basis of record	O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 149-151
additional source	Checklist of valid family- and genus-group names in Rotifera - After Segers, H. (2002). Contribution to the nomenclature of Rotifera: Annotated checklist of valid family- and genus-group names. J. Nat. Hist. 36: 631-640. Update 20 Jan. 05
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
taxonomy source	Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls.
subsequent type designation	Ahlstrom, E. H. (1940). A revision of the rotatorian genera Brachionus and Platyias with descriptions of one new species and two new varieties. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 77, 143-184, pl.2-20

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Brachionus 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:134937

Hendrik Segers. Brachionus Pallas, 1776. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/41904e98-01c0-4f0a-b53d-a521ba84cb92