WoRMS taxon details
Colurella uncinata (Müller, 1773)
148306 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148306)
accepted
Species
Brachionus uncinatus Müller, 1773 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh
(of Brachionus uncinatus Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details] 
Taxonomy Type species of genera Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823 and Colurus Ehrenberg, 1830 (the latter is an invalid synonym of...
Taxonomy Type species of genera Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823 and Colurus Ehrenberg, 1830 (the latter is an invalid synonym of the former)._x000d_
?Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980); C. obtusa (Gosse) after Pejler (1962 partim:fig.61)_x000d_
not Brachionus uncinatus Müller after Costa (1838)[insufficiently described Mytilina]; Colurella uncinata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841)[=Colurella obtusa (Gosse)?]; C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993)[=Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg?]._x000d_
a polymorphic species that is split up into several taxa of uncertain taxonomic status. These were treated at various subspecific and infrasubspecific ranks in the past, but might deserve specific status. [details]
?Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980); C. obtusa (Gosse) after Pejler (1962 partim:fig.61)_x000d_
not Brachionus uncinatus Müller after Costa (1838)[insufficiently described Mytilina]; Colurella uncinata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841)[=Colurella obtusa (Gosse)?]; C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993)[=Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg?]._x000d_
a polymorphic species that is split up into several taxa of uncertain taxonomic status. These were treated at various subspecific and infrasubspecific ranks in the past, but might deserve specific status. [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Colurella uncinata (Müller, 1773). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148306 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Brachionus uncinatus Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]
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]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (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 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]
[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 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Type species of genera Colurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1823 and Colurus Ehrenberg, 1830 (the latter is an invalid synonym of the former)._x000d_?Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg after Olofsson (1918), Bancsi (1980); C. obtusa (Gosse) after Pejler (1962 partim:fig.61)_x000d_
not Brachionus uncinatus Müller after Costa (1838)[insufficiently described Mytilina]; Colurella uncinata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841)[=Colurella obtusa (Gosse)?]; C. uncinata uncinata (Müller) after López (1993)[=Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg?]._x000d_
a polymorphic species that is split up into several taxa of uncertain taxonomic status. These were treated at various subspecific and infrasubspecific ranks in the past, but might deserve specific status. [details]
