Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Pseudotrocha > Order Ploima > Family Mytilinidae > Genus Lophocharis

Lophocharis oxysternon (Gosse, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Metopidia

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lophocharis*	Ehrenberg, 1838	accepted genus name
*Oxisterna*	Iroso, 1910	generic synonym

Species group names

*Metopidia oxysternon*	Gosse, 1851	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Segers, H. (2014). Lophocharis oxysternon (Gosse, 1851). 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:148355

Dr Ulrike Obertegger. Lophocharis oxysternon (Gosse, 1851). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=301983