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  Genus Brachionus

Species B. calyciflorus

Taxon Information

The Species B. calyciflorus has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Brachionus calyciflorus, "AFR, ANT, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL (The taxonomy of B.calyciflorus is particularly confused. Validation of the numerous proposed subspecies and infrasubspecific variants awaits a thorough revision of the taxon)" (Segers, 2007).
• Brachionus calyciflorus gigantea, (Segers, 2007).
• Brachionus calyciflorus, (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 Illustrated Online Catalog of the Rotifera in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
• An Image-Based Key To The Zooplankton Of North America
• Teichlebewesen
• WikiSpecies