Encentrum essexis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ploima
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: Eurotatoria Subclassis: Monogononta Superordo: Pseudotrocha Ordo: Ploima

Familia: Dicranophoridae
Genus: Encentrum
Species: Encentrum essexis

Name

• Encentrum essexis De Smet & Schmid-Araya, 2014: 201, figs. 1-13

Holotype: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, (R.B.I.N.), Brussels. Reg. N°. IG 32585, RIR 213, ♀, in a permanent, glycerine glass slide mount.

Type locality: UK, Blackwater River catchment (Kelvedon, Essex, East Anglia, England).

Etymology: The species name essexis is a latinization of the type locality, Essex, as a noun in the genitive case.

References

• De Smet, W.H.; Schmid-Araya, J.M., 2014: Encentrum essexis sp. n. (Monogononta: Dicranophoridae), a new rotifer inhabiting stream benthos from East England. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae [n.s.], 60(3): 199–206. full paper (PDF)[original description: p. 201, figs. 1-13]