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

Brachionus Pallas, 1766

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Brachionus angularis Gosse, 1851
Brachionus bidentatus Anderson, 1889
Brachionus budapestinensis Daday, 1885
Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas, 1766
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 Müller, 1773
Brachionus variabilis Hempel, 1896

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	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	ITIS database

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Citation

Segers, H. (2014). Brachionus Pallas, 1766. In: Segers, H. (Ed.) (2014). World Rotifera database from FADA. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134937

Dr Ulrike Obertegger. Brachionus Pallas, 1776. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=88506