Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Appendicularia > Order Copelata > Family Fritillariidae > Subfamily Fritillariinae > Genus Fritillaria

Fritillaria borealis Lohmann, 1896

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fritillaria*	Fol, 1872	accepted genus name
*Eurycercus*	Busch, 1851	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: oikopleura sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Swedish: brackvattensgrodd

Literature

original description	Lohmann, H. (1896). Die Appendicularien der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. 2 E.c., 148.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, 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. 356
additional source	Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Wiley-Interscience, Boston. 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only].
additional source	Fenaux, R. (1973). Appendicularians from the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. p. 409-414 in: Zeitchel, B. & S.A. Gerlach (eds), The biology of the Indian Ocean. Ecological Studies Vol. 3. Jacobs, J., O.L. Lange, J.S. Olson & W. Wieser (eds) Chapman & Hall Ltd.
additional source	Fenaux, R., Q. Bone, and D. Deibel. 1998. Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, p. 251-264. In q. Bone [ed.], The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R. (2025). World List of Appendicularia. Fritillaria borealis Lohmann, 1896. 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:103375