Abrochtha meselsoni

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • 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]