WoRMS taxon details
Conochilus Ehrenberg, 1834
134930 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134930)
accepted
Genus
Conochilus volvox Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Conochilus hippocrepis (Schrank, 1803) (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh
masculine
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11].
page(s): p.224 [details]
page(s): p.224 [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Conochilus Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134930 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11].
page(s): p.224 [details]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p.224 [details]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Segers, H.; Wallace, R. L. (2001). Phylogeny and classification of the Conochilidae (Rotifera, Monogononta, Flosculariacea). Zoologica Scripta, 30, 37-48 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Checklist of valid family- and genus-group names in Rotifera - After Segers, H. (2002). Contribution to the nomenclature of Rotifera: Annotated checklist of valid family- and genus-group names. J. Nat. Hist. 36: 631-640. Update 20 Jan. 05 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original: "Rotatorium Monotrochum, loricatum; lorica pluribus communis (lacerna); ocelli duo occipitales (persistentes)."Amended, after Segers & Wallace (2001) [Ref.361409]: "Colonial Conochilidae. Corona horse-shoe shaped, slanted ventrally. Mouth dorsally, antennae apically inside coronal field. Resting egg smooth. Trophi of Conochilidae type." [details]
