IRMNG - Rotaria Scopoli, 1777

IRMNG taxon details

Rotaria Scopoli, 1777

IRMNG_ID

1339773 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1339773)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Philodinidae Ehrenberg, 1838

Synonymised names

Actinurus Ehrenberg, 1830 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Actinurus Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Furcularia Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)

Rotifer Cuvier, 1798 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)

Rotifera Lord, 1892 · unaccepted

Rotiferus Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

Urceolaria Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted

Direct children (12)

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Species Rotaria citrina (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Species Rotaria curtipes (Murray, 1911)
Species Rotaria exoculis de Koning, 1947
Species Rotaria macroceros (Gosse, 1851)
Species Rotaria macrura (Schrank, 1803)
Species Rotaria montana (Murray, 1911)
Species Rotaria neptunia (Ehrenberg, 1830)
Species Rotaria rotatoria Pallas, 1766
Species Rotaria sordida (Western, 1893)
Species Rotaria tardigrada (Ehrenberg, 1830)
Species Rotaria tridens (Montet, 1915)
Species Rotaria trisecata (Weber, 1888)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Scopoli, I.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Wolfgang Gerle, Pragae; 540 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42076
page(s): 375 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Rotaria Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1339773 on 2026-10-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Scopoli, I.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Wolfgang Gerle, Pragae; 540 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42076
page(s): 375 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Nogrady, 1982 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Nogrady, 1982 [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Actinurus Ehrenberg, 1831) Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1831 (1832)
page(s): 145 [details]

original description (of Actinurus Ehrenberg, 1830) Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1832
page(s): 48 [details]

original description (of Rotifera Lord, 1892) J. Micr. Nat. Sci., (3) 2
page(s): 172 [details]

original description (of Urceolaria Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Systême des animaux sans vertèbres; ou, Tableau génral des classes, des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Déterville, Paris. viii+432 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14255
page(s): 389 [details]

original description (of Furcularia Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, (présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des characteres essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie). Tome 2. pp. 1–568. Paris: Verdière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 36 [details]

original description (of Rotiferus Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 155 [details]

original description (of Rotifer Cuvier, 1798) Tab. Elément.
page(s): 658 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

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