WoRMS taxon details
Colurella colurus (Ehrenberg, 1830)
134986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134986)
accepted
Species
Monura colurus Ehrenberg, 1830 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
- Subspecies Colurella colurus compressa (Lucks, 1912)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Monura colurus Ehrenberg, 1830) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1830). Organisation, Systematik, und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionstierchen. <em>Druckerei dei Koningliche Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> t. I–VIII, F. Dümmler, Berlin, 108 pp., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Ehrenberg_1830.pdf
page(s): 64; note: unumbered [details]
page(s): 64; note: unumbered [details]
Taxonomy ? not Colurella colurus after Althaus (1957)[identity unclear]; Colurella cf. colurus (Ehrenberg) after Jersabek...
Taxonomy ? not Colurella colurus after Althaus (1957)[identity unclear]; Colurella cf. colurus (Ehrenberg) after Jersabek (1996)[=Colurella anodonta Carlin]_x000d_
According to Segers (1998), the Black Sea specimen shown in Althaus' (1957) (op. cit.) microphotograph, identified by the author as C. colurus (Ehrenberg), may actually refer to Colurella salina Althaus. Accompanying drawings that were apparently prepared from the same species (specimen?) (Abb.2 a,b) however show that species with a ventral furrow (also mentioned in the text as "Bauchspalt"), the absence of which is diagnostic for C. salina._x000d_
Type species of genus Monura Ehrenberg, 1830 (invalid synonym of genus Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823)._x000d_
Specific name treated as noun in apposition, and as such needs not to agree in gender with genus name. It refers to similarity of Monura colurus Ehrenberg [=Colurella colurus (Ehrenberg)] with species of genus Colurus._x000d_
The taxonomy of the polymorphic species group C. adriatica - colurus - geophila is particularly confused. Transitional forms exist, and cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances are likely to be discovered. [details]
According to Segers (1998), the Black Sea specimen shown in Althaus' (1957) (op. cit.) microphotograph, identified by the author as C. colurus (Ehrenberg), may actually refer to Colurella salina Althaus. Accompanying drawings that were apparently prepared from the same species (specimen?) (Abb.2 a,b) however show that species with a ventral furrow (also mentioned in the text as "Bauchspalt"), the absence of which is diagnostic for C. salina._x000d_
Type species of genus Monura Ehrenberg, 1830 (invalid synonym of genus Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823)._x000d_
Specific name treated as noun in apposition, and as such needs not to agree in gender with genus name. It refers to similarity of Monura colurus Ehrenberg [=Colurella colurus (Ehrenberg)] with species of genus Colurus._x000d_
The taxonomy of the polymorphic species group C. adriatica - colurus - geophila is particularly confused. Transitional forms exist, and cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances are likely to be discovered. [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Colurella colurus (Ehrenberg, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134986 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monura colurus Ehrenberg, 1830) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1830). Organisation, Systematik, und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionstierchen. <em>Druckerei dei Koningliche Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> t. I–VIII, F. Dümmler, Berlin, 108 pp., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Ehrenberg_1830.pdf
page(s): 64; note: unumbered [details]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 64; note: unumbered [details]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sørensen, M. V. (2001). On the rotifer fauna of Bermuda, including notes on the associated meiofauna and the description of a new species of Encentrum (Rotifera: Ploima: Dicranophoridae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(3), 725-736. [details] Available for editors 
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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. [details]
additional source Sørensen, M. V. 2009. Rotifera of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 533–537 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
additional source 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]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]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. [details]
additional source Sørensen, M. V. 2009. Rotifera of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 533–537 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]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. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
additional source 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]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy ? not Colurella colurus after Althaus (1957)[identity unclear]; Colurella cf. colurus (Ehrenberg) after Jersabek (1996)[=Colurella anodonta Carlin]_x000d_According to Segers (1998), the Black Sea specimen shown in Althaus' (1957) (op. cit.) microphotograph, identified by the author as C. colurus (Ehrenberg), may actually refer to Colurella salina Althaus. Accompanying drawings that were apparently prepared from the same species (specimen?) (Abb.2 a,b) however show that species with a ventral furrow (also mentioned in the text as "Bauchspalt"), the absence of which is diagnostic for C. salina._x000d_
Type species of genus Monura Ehrenberg, 1830 (invalid synonym of genus Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823)._x000d_
Specific name treated as noun in apposition, and as such needs not to agree in gender with genus name. It refers to similarity of Monura colurus Ehrenberg [=Colurella colurus (Ehrenberg)] with species of genus Colurus._x000d_
The taxonomy of the polymorphic species group C. adriatica - colurus - geophila is particularly confused. Transitional forms exist, and cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances are likely to be discovered. [details]
