WoRMS taxon details
Testudinella obscura Althaus, 1957
368622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368622)
accepted
Species
marine
Althaus, B. (1957). Neue Sandbodenrotatorien aus dem Schwarzen Meer. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 6, 445-457 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy The taxonomic status of Testudinella obscura Althaus relative to T. caeca (Parsons) requires further scrutiny.
Taxonomy The taxonomic status of Testudinella obscura Althaus relative to T. caeca (Parsons) requires further scrutiny. [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Testudinella obscura Althaus, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368622 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
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Althaus, B. (1957). Neue Sandbodenrotatorien aus dem Schwarzen Meer. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 6, 445-457 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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]
[request]basis of record 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
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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 De Smet, W. H. (2009). A review of the marine and brackish-water species of Testudinella (Rotifera: Monogononta, Testudinellidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 2092, 1-20 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source De Smet, W. H. (2009). A review of the marine and brackish-water species of Testudinella (Rotifera: Monogononta, Testudinellidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 2092, 1-20 [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 The taxonomic status of Testudinella obscura Althaus relative to T. caeca (Parsons) requires further scrutiny. [details]
