WoRMS taxon details
Cephalodella auriculata (Müller, 1773)
886786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:886786)
accepted
Species
Diaschiza lacinulata (Müller, 1786) · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name)
Furcularia lobata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827 · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name)
Notommata lacinulata (Müller, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Plagiognatha lacinulata (Müller, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vorticella auriculata Müller, 1773 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vorticella lacinulata Müller, 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination
brackish, fresh
recent only
(of Vorticella auriculata Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): p.111 [details]
page(s): p.111 [details]
Taxonomy not Plagiognatha auriculata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841) (species inquirenda).
Taxonomy not Plagiognatha auriculata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841) (species inquirenda). [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Cephalodella auriculata (Müller, 1773). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=886786 on 2026-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Furcularia lobata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827) Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1827). Encyclopédie methodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes, etc. (2nd part). 377-819.
page(s): p.425 [details]
original description (of Vorticella auriculata Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): p.111 [details]
original description (of Vorticella lacinulata Müller, 1786) Müller, O. F. (1786). Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quæ detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit. Havniæ, 367, pl.1-50, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53299693
page(s): p.292, pl.42, figs.1-5 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Dartnall, H. J. G.; Hollowday, E. D. (1985). Antarctic rotifers. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports, 100, 1-46 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p.425 [details]
original description (of Vorticella auriculata Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): p.111 [details]
original description (of Vorticella lacinulata Müller, 1786) Müller, O. F. (1786). Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina, quæ detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit. Havniæ, 367, pl.1-50, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53299693
page(s): p.292, pl.42, figs.1-5 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Dartnall, H. J. G.; Hollowday, E. D. (1985). Antarctic rotifers. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports, 100, 1-46 [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
additional source Nogrady, T.; Pourriot, R. (1995). Family Notommatidae. In: Rotifera. Volume 3: The Notommatidae and the Scaridiidae. In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. Amsterdam. SPB Academic Publishing, 8, 1-229, 239-248 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Nogrady, T.; Pourriot, R. (1995). Family Notommatidae. In: Rotifera. Volume 3: The Notommatidae and the Scaridiidae. In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. Amsterdam. SPB Academic Publishing, 8, 1-229, 239-248 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Nontype ANSP 0237, geounit New Jersey [details]
Nontype ANSP 0743, geounit Ontario [details]
Nontype ANSP 1128, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
From editor or global species database
Environment saltwater occurrences include inland saline waters. [details]Grammatical gender Gender agreement: yes; name type: adjective [details]
Habitat Algae (Hydrurus foetidus); Bottom sediments; Bottom sediments (shallow littoral sand, mud); Bottom sediments (shallow littoral); Littoral microhabitats; Littoral vegetation (Macrophytes and partly emersed terrestrial plants); Macrophytes; Macrophytes (Ceratophyllum, Myriophyllum); Macrophytes (Hippuris), and reed belt; Macrophytes (Hippuris, Polygonum, Zannichellia?); Macrophytes (Myriophyllum); Macrophytes (Myriophyllum, Potamogeton, Utricularia); Macrophytes (Potamogeton pectinatus?); Macrophytes (Utricularia, Nymphaea); Moss (submersed); Periphyton, and POM (littoral stones, gravel); Reed belt, open water between and periphyton on reed stems; Water lilies (Nymphaea), including open water between leaves [details]
Taxonomy not Plagiognatha auriculata (Müller) after Dujardin (1841) (species inquirenda). [details]