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

Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anuraea Ehrenberg, 1832

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Anuraea tropica*	Apstein, 1907	subjective synonym
*Keratella asymmetrica*	Ueno, 1938	subjective synonym
*Anuraea valga var. tropica*	Apstein, 1907	synonym
*Keratella tropica tropica*	(Apstein, 1907)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104
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	Species composition of meso- and macrozooplankton of the Black Sea

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907). 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:248010

Hendrik Segers. Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1d331cf5-bb4e-4f79-9f39-ee31d1279a68