Database details
| Full name: | Rotifera Database |
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| Short name: | Rotifera |
| Version: | Oct 2008 |
| Release date: | 2008-10-01 |
| Authors/editors: | Segers H. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Rotifera |
| English name of the group: | Rotifers |
| Number of species: | 1,996 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 251 |
| Number of synonyms: | 727 |
| Number of common names: | 0 |
| Total number of names: | 2,974 |
| 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 (see |
| Organization: | Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium |
| Website: |
http://FADA.biodiversity.be |