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

Lecane grandis (Murray, 1913)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cathypna Gosse, 1886

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lecane*	Nitzsch, 1827	accepted genus name
*Cathypna*	Gosse, 1886	generic synonym
*Diarthra*	Daday, 1897	generic synonym
*Hemimonostyla*	Bartos, 1959	generic synonym
*Monostyla*	Ehrenberg, 1830	generic synonym
*Distyla*	Eckstein, 1883	synonym
*Distyla*	auct.	misapplied name

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	Segers, H. (1995). Rotifera, Volume 2: The Lecanidae (Monogononta). In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. The Hague. SPB Academic Publishing BV, 6, 226
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). Lecane grandis (Murray, 1913). 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:135030

Hendrik Segers. Lecane grandis (Murray, 1913). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/199144e2-6857-4cff-98ae-5056fb014049