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

Colurella dicentra (Gosse, 1887)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Colurus Ehrenberg, 1830

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Colurella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1824	accepted genus name
*Colurus*	Ehrenberg, 1830	generic synonym
*Monura*	Ehrenberg, 1830	synonym

Species group names

*Colurus dicentrus*	Gosse, 1887	synonym

Literature

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	De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4): 1-39
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	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	Sørensen, M. V. 2009. Rotifera of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 533–537 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Colurella dicentra (Gosse, 1887). 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:134987

Hendrik Segers. Colurella dicentra (Gosse, 1887). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1368fa12-3820-4067-9ee3-a2ab1bc7c81a