Abrochtha meselsoni

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 meselsoni

Name

Abrochtha meselsoni Birky, Ricci, Melone & Fontaneto, 2011

• Type locality: Angelfish Pool, on the east rim of Squirrel Canyon (Fish Creek), Virginia Dale, Coloado, USA, 40°57′21.6′′N, 105°22′19.4′′W, altitude 2190 m.
• Etymology: The species is dedicated to the work of Matthew Stanley Meselson, from Harvard University, on the evolutionary genetics of bdelloid rotifers.

References

Primary 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. Online.