Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Orthonectida > Family Rhopaluridae

Rhopalura Giard, 1877

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Rhopalura elongata Shtein, 1953
Rhopalura gigas (Giard, 1877)
Rhopalura granosa Atkins, 1933
Rhopalura intoshi Metchnikoff, 1881
Rhopalura litoralis Shtein, 1953
Rhopalura murmanica Shtein, 1953
Rhopalura ophiocomae Giard, 1877
Rhopalura philinae Lang, 1954
Rhopalura pterocirri de Saint-Joseph, 1896

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Hallan, J. (2001). Mesozoa, 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. 104
additional source	Hochberg, E. (2009). Phylum Orthonectida: orthonectids, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 359-361.
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Rhopalura Giard, 1877. 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:119145