Abrochtha kingi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bdelloida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Rotifera Classis: Bdelloidea Ordo: Bdelloida

Familia: Philodinavidae
Genus: Abrochtha
Species:Abrochtha kingi

Name

Abrochtha kingi Birky, Ricci, Melone & Fontaneto, 2011

Type locality: Shelf Lake Number 3, Snowy Range, Wyoming, USA; altitude 3316 m, 41°22′43.2′′N, 106°17′20.9′′W.

Etymology: The species is dedicated to the life-long studies of Charles Everett King, from Oregon State University, on ecology and genetics of rotifers.

References

• Birky, C.W. Jr.; Ricci, C.; Melone, G.; Fontaneto, D. (2011): Integrating DNA and morphological taxonomy to describe diversity in poorly studied microscopic animals: new species of the genus Abrochtha Bryce, 1910 (Rotifera: Bdelloidea: Philodinavidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (4): 723–734. [1]