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  Genus Keratella

Species K. quadrata

Taxon Information

The Species K. quadrata has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Keratella quadrata, "(The taxonomy of K. quadrata is particularly confused. Validation of the numerous proposed subspecies and infrasubspecific variants awaits a thorough revision of the taxon)" (Segers, 2007).
• Keratella quadrata dispersa, "AFR, AUS, NEA, PAL (subspecies described as, and occasionally considered an infrasubspecific variant of K. quadrata)" (Segers, 2007).
• Keratella quadrata quadrata, "AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL" (Segers, 2007).
• Keratella quadrata, (Edmondson, 1959).

Bibliography

• Segers, H. 2007. Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa 1564. 104 pp. [Available online]
• Edmondson, W.T. 1959. Rotifera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 420-494.

Web Pages

• An Image-Based Key To The Zooplankton Of North America
• Teichlebewesen