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

Keratella cruciformis (Thompson, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anuraea

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Keratella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anuraea cruciformis*	Thompson, 1892	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Polish: keratella okrągława

Literature

original description	Thompson, J.C. 1892. New Rotifer. Tr. Liverp. Biol. Soc. vi, pp. 77-82.
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	Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data.
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)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Segers, H. (2014). Keratella cruciformis (Thompson, 1892). 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:134991

Dr Ulrike Obertegger. Keratella cruciformis (Thompson, 1892). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=301843