Full name:

Rotifera Database

Short name:

Rotifera

Version:

Oct 2008

Release date:

October 1st, 2008

Authors/editors:

H Segers

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia - Rotifera

Number of species names:

1,996 accepted names; 607 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

251 accepted names; 122 synonyms

Number of common names:

0

Total number of names:

2,976

Abstract:

A taxonomic database of accepted and the most commonly used synonyms in the phylum Rotifera with information on biogeography. The database was prepared under the Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment project. The version supplied for the 2009 Catalogue of Life is based on a print version, published in the journal Zootaxa (seehttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2007/2007-08.html#Zootaxa%201564orhttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf. Users are urged to use and cite this printed version.

Organization:

Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

Web site:

http://FADA.biodiversity.be