Taxon Profile: Rhinoglena kutikovae

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
117893
Authority
n. sp.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Rotifera
Class
Eurotatoria
Order
Ploima
Family
Epiphanidae
Genus
Rhinoglena
Taxon

Profile

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Willem H. De Smet · John A. E. Gibson on 12-Dec-2008
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Willem H. De Smet · John A. E. Gibson (2007) Rhinoglena kutikovae n.sp. (Rotifera: Monogononta: Epiphanidae) from the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica: a probable relict species that survived Quaternary glaciations on the continent Polar Biol (2008) 31:595603

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen 		Bunger Hills, East Antarctica, unnamed freshwater lake, 66° 16' 41.7'S, 100°31' 39.5' E, 25 December 2006.
Type Placement
The current location of the first specimen from the 'Type Locality' observation 		A parthenogenetic female in a permanent glycerine glass slide mount deposited in the Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Brussels, Belgium, Reg. No. IG 30815, RIR 175.