Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Pseudotrocha > Order Ploima > Family Lepadellidae > Genus Lepadella > Subgenus Lepadella (Lepadella)

Lepadella (Lepadella) acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Metopidia

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepadella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1826	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Metopidia acuminata*	Ehrenberg, 1834	objective synonym

Literature

basis of record	De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4): 1-39
additional source	Segers, H. 2007. Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. (Zootaxa 1564). 104 pp.
additional source	Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Segers, H. (2014). Lepadella (Lepadella) acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1834). 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:148318

Hendrik Segers. Lepadella (Lepadella) acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=301245