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

Keratella quadrata (O. F. Müller, 1786)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Brachionus Pallas, 1776

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Keratella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1822	accepted genus name
*Anuraea*	Ehrenberg, 1832	synonym

Species group names

*Anuraea aculeata*	Ehrenberg, 1832	subjective synonym
*Keratella valgoides*	Edmonson & Hutchinson, 1934	subjective synonym
*Brachionus quadratus*	Müller, 1786	synonym

Children

Keratella quadrata quadrata (Müller, 1786)

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	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	Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Keratella quadrata (Müller, 1786). 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:134992

Hendrik Segers. Keratella quadrata (O. F. Müller, 1786). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/707aeb18-ae15-4d20-8943-06679688d6c8