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A Survey of Rotatoria from Finland 4Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 89: 4–16. 2013Silfverberg • Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 89, 2013 A survey of Rotatoria from Finland Hans Silfverberg Hans Silfverberg, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O.Box 17, FI-00014 Helsinki University. E-mail: [email protected] A list is provided of 337 rotifer species reported from Finland, with references to the records. Introduction PHILODINIDA Habrotrochidae Bryce, 1910 The study of Finnish Rotatoria began late in the Habrotrocha Bryce, 1910 th 19 century (Pejler 1998). Since then have par- Callidina auct. [nec (Ehrenberg, 1830)] ticularly the planktonic species received consid- elegans (Milne, 1886) [nec (Ehrenberg, 1832)] erable attention. The benthic species have also [Jä56c] been occasionally observed, while those living in soil have been sorely neglected. In the present list Philodinidae Ehrenberg, 1838 references are given to articles giving information Rotaria Scopoli, 1777 on species found in particular areas. The abbrevi- Rotifer Cuvier, 1798 ations used are explained in the list of references; Actinurus Ehrenberg, 1830 when the same author has several records, they neptunia (Ehrenberg, 1830) [St98, LW18, Jä23, 36a, are listed after the first one without author abbre- 56c, 63, Ka81, Sä87] viation. Nomenclature and taxonomy follow gen- macroceros (Gosse, 1851) [St98, Jä56c] erally Segers (2002, 2007), occasionally Kutiko- citrina (Ehrenberg, 1838) [Le94, St98, Jä23, 56c] va (1970) has also been considered. tardigrada (Ehrenberg, 1830) [Jä56c] A few of the listed species are of uncertain tarda (Ehrenberg, 1838) [Le94, 01b, St98] identity, and have been listed as species inquiren- trisecata (Weber, 1888) [Le14, Ka81] dae (Jersabek & al. 2012). They are marked with socialis (Kellicott, 1888) [Jä56c] * in the list, and are additionally mentioned in an macrura (Ehrenberg, 1832) [Le94, St98, Jä16b, 23, appendix with their original combination. 56c] elongata (Weber, 1888) [Jä56c] rotatoria (Pallas, 1766) [Jä56c, SM10] ROTIFERA vulgaris (Schrank, 1801) [Le94, 01b, St98, Jä16b, 23] BDELLOIDEA ADINETIDA Dissotrocha Bryce, 1910 Adinetidae Hudson & Gosse, 1889 aculeata (Ehrenberg, 1832) [Le94, St98] Adineta Hudson & Gosse, 1886 macrostyla (Ehrenberg, 1838) [Jä52, 56c] gracilis Janson, 1893 [Jä56c] tuberculata (Gosse, 1886) [Le94, St98] Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 89, 2013 • Silfverberg 5 Philodina Ehrenberg, 1830 Keratella Bory de St.Vincent, 1822 citrina Ehrenberg, 1832 [Jä23, 56c] Anuraea Ehrenberg, 1832 megalotrocha Ehrenberg, 1832 [Jä36a, 56c] cruciformis (Thompson, 1892) [V&87] roseola Ehrenberg, 1832 [Le94, St98, Jä23, 56c, eichwaldi (Levander, 1894) [Le94, 01a, 01b, 13, 14, Go72] 15b, LW18, Vä26, Ha37, Pu47, Ha58, Go72, Vu81, Vi92, P&98] Pleuretra Bryce, 1910 cochlearis (Gosse, 1851) [Pl89, No90, Le91, 92, brycei (Weber, 1898) [Be78] 01a, 01b, 06a, 06b, 06c, 13, 14, 15, 15b, St98, Wa13, Wu13, LW15, 18, Jä15, 16a, 25, MONOGONONTA 27a, 27b, 28, 29a, 29b, 30, 32, 33 36a, 36b, PLOIMA 36c, 56c, Ha37, 58, Pu47, Go69, 72, Ha69, Brachionidae Ehrenberg, 1838 75, 78, Gr70, G&73, 82, El75, 80, Vo78, Brachionus Pallas, 1766 Vu81, V&81, Ko82, 83, Ca83, V&87, El88, Noteus Ehrenberg, 1830 K&90, Vi92, T&98, P&98, Va06, SM10] quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 [Go72, Vu81] recurvispina (Jägerskiöld, 1894) [Le94, 00a, capsuliflorus Pallas, 1766 [Pu47, Jä56a, 56c] 01b, Vä26, P&98] bakeri (Ehrenberg, 1830) [Le94, St98, Wu13, hispida (Lauterborn, 1898) [Le00b, 06c, 15, LW18, Vä26, Jä36a] Jä15, 36a, 36c, 58, 63, Ha72, 75, 78, G&73, brevispinus Ehrenberg, 1832 [Le91, 94, 01a, El74, Ko83, T&98, Va06] 01b, Jä56c] macracantha (Lauterborn, 1898) [Le00b, Se39] melheni Barrois & Daday, 1894 [Jä56c] baltica (Sokolova, 1927) [Se39] leydigii Cohn, 1862 stipitata (Ehrenberg, 1838) [Jä52, 56a, 56b, 56c, tridentatus Zernov, 1901 [Ko82] 58, 63, El74] (sensu Carlin) urceus (Linnaeus, 1758) [Jä56a, 56c, Ha78, Vu81, tecta (Gosse, 1851) [Pl89, No90, Le91, 92, 94, 00b, Ko82, P&98, SM10] St98, Se39, Jä56a, G&73, Ha72, 75, 78, urceolaris Müller, 1773 [Le91, 94, 01a, 01b, 13, El75, Vu81, Ko82, Ca83, T&98, Va06] Wu13, Vä26, Vu81] ecaudis Lauterborn, 1900 [Jä52, 56a, 58, 63] sericus Rousselet, 1907 [Jä23] serrulata (Ehrenberg, 1838) [Le94, 01a, 01b, 06b, rubens Ehrenberg, 1838 [St98, Jä56a, 56c, Gr57, Jä56c, Ha78] Go72] falculata (Ehrenberg, 1838) [Le91] plicatilis Müller, 1786 [Go72] ticinensis (Callerio, 1920) [Ha75, 78, El80, T&98] forficula Wierzejski, 1891 [Ha78] testudo (Ehrenberg, 1832) calyciflorus Pallas, 1766 [Ha58, 78, Vu81, P&98, brevispina (Gosse, 1854) [Le94] Va06] hiemalis Carlin, 1943 [Jä56c, Ha69, 75, 78, El74, 75, pala Ehrenberg, 1838 [Le94, 01b, 13, Vä26] G&82, K&90] amphiceros Ehrenberg, 1838 [Jä56] quadrata (Müller, 1786) [Jä52, 56a, 56b, 56c, 58, 63, dorcas Gosse, 1851 [Jä36a] Se39, Pu47, Ha58, Go69, 72, Ha69, 72, 75, angularis Gosse, 1851 [Le13, Vä26, Jä56a, 63, El80, 78, El75, Vo78, Vu81, V&81, G&82, Ko82, Vu81, V&81, P&98] 83, Ca83, K&90, Vi92, 94, P&98, T&98, bidens Plate, 1886 [Jä25] Va06, SM10] aculeata (Ehrenberg, 1832) [Pl89, No90, Le91, Plationus Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993 92, 94, 00b, 01a, 01b, 06a, 06b, 06c, 13, 14, polyacanthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) [Le94, St98, 15b, Wa13, Wu13, LW15, 18, Jä16b, 23, 25, Jä56c] 29b, 32, 36b, Vä26] platei (Jägerskiöld, 1894) [Le94, 00a, 01b, Platyias Harring, 1913 Vä26, Ha37, SM10] quadricornis (Ehrenberg, 1832) [Le94, St98, curvicornis Rylov, 1926 [Jä32, Ha72] LW18, Jä23, 27b, 56c, Go69] valga (Ehrenberg, 1834) [Le94, Jä15] 6 Silfverberg • Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 89, 2013 Anuraeopsis Lauterborn, 1900 Vä26, Jä16b, 23, 27b, 36a, 36b, 56a, 56c, 63, fissa (Gosse, 1851) [Jä56a, 63, El74, AM69, Ha72, Pu47, Ha58, Go69, 72, Ha69, 78, G&73, 75, 78, El75, 80, Vu81, V&81, Ko82, 83] Vu81] hypelasma (Gosse, 1886) [LW15, 18, Jä36a] macrura Ehrenberg, 1832 [Le94, St98, Jä56c] hipposideros Gosse, 1851 [Le91] Kellicottia Ahlstrom, 1938 deflexa Gosse, 1851 [St98, LW18, Jä23, 56c, Go69] longispina (Kellicott, 1879) [No90, Le91, 92, 94, pyriformis Gosse, 1851 [Jä56c] 00b, 06a, 06b, 06c, 15, 15b, Wa13, LW15, lyra Hudson, 1886 [St98] 18, Vä26, Jä15, 25, 27a, 27b, 28, 29a, 29b, triquetra Ehrenberg, 1838 [Le94, St98, LW15, 18, 30, 32, 33, 36a, 36b, 36c, 37, 52, 56a, 56b, Jä16b, 27b, 36a, 56c, Vä26, Go69] 56c, 58, 63, Ha58, Go69, Ha69, 75, 78, Gr70, G&73, 82, El74, 75, 80, 88, Vo78, Dipleuchlanis Beauchamp, 1910 V&81, Ko82, 83, Ca83, K&90, Vi92, T&98, propatula (Gosse, 1886) [LW18] Va06] bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) [El88, Va06] Beauchampiella Remane, 1929 Eudactylota Manfredi, 1927, nec Walshing- Notholca Gosse, 1886 ham, 1911 Argonotholca Carlin, 1943 eudactylota (Gosse, 1886) [Le94, St98] bipalium (Müller, 1786) [Go72] striata (Müller, 1786) Epiphanidae Harring, 1913 biremis (Ehrenberg, 1832) [Le91, 94, 01a, 01b, Epiphanes Ehrenberg, 1832 Wu13, Vä26, Pu47] Notops Hudson & Gosse, 1886 squamula (Müller, 1786) [Ha69, Gr70] brachionus (Ehrenberg, 1837) [Jä16b, 23] muelleri Focke, 1961 senta (Müller, 1773) [Jä56a, 56c] striata auct., nec (Müller, 1786) [Le94, 01a, clavulata (Ehrenberg, 1832) [Jä56c] 01b, 06a, 06b, 15b, LW15, 18, Vä26, Jä36b, 56c, Ha58, Vu81, P&98] Microcodides Bergendal, 1892 caudata Carlin, 1943 [Jä56a, Pe62, Ha69, 78, Vu81, robustus (Glascott, 1893) Ko82, P&98] abbreviatus (Stenroos, 1898) [St98] cinetura Skorikov, 1914 [Ha69] chlaena (Gosse, 1892) [St98, Jä56c] acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1832) [Le94, 00b, 01a, 01b, 13, 14, 15b, Wu13, LW15, 18, Vä26, Ha37, Rhinoglena Ehrenberg, 1853 Pu47, Ha58, Go72, P&98] Rhinops Hudson, 1869 labis Gosse, 1887 [Le15b, LW15, 18, Jä36b, 56a, frontalis Ehrenberg, 1853 Ha58] vitrea (Hudson, 1869) [Jä36a] limnetica Levander, 1901 [Ko82] foliacea (Ehrenberg, 1838) [Le91, 94, 01a, 01b, 13, Proalidae Harring & Myers, 1924 15, 15b, Wu13, Vä26, Ha58] Proalinopsis Weber, 1918 caudatus (Collins, 1873) [Le94, St98, Jä56c] Euchlanidae Ehrenberg, 1838 gracilis Myers, 1933 [Go69] Tripleuchlanis Myers, 1930 plicata (Levander, 1894) [Le94, 01b, Go72] Proales Gosse, 1886 similis Beauchamp, 1907 [Go72] Euchlanis Ehrenberg, 1832 halophila Remane, 1929 [Go72] oropha Gosse, 1887 [St98, Jä23, 56c] reinhardtii (Ehrenberg, 1834) [Le94, 01b, Go72, parva Rousselet, 1892 [Ha69 – cf.] Vu81] incisa Carlin, 1939 theodora (Gosse, 1887) hyalina Leydig, 1854 [Jä56c] reinhardtii sensu Levander [Le94, 01b, Pu47] dilatata Ehrenberg, 1832 [Le94, 00b, 01a, 01b, 06c, werneckii (Ehrenberg, 1834) [Jä56c] 13, 14, 15, 15b, St98, Wu13, LW15, 18, decipiens (Ehrenberg, 1832) [St98, Jä56c, Go69, 72] Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 89, 2013 • Silfverberg 7 daphnicola Thompson, 1892 [Be78] 36a, 36c, 52, 56a, 56b, 56c, 58, Ha58, Go69, micropus (Gosse, 1886) [St98] 72, Ha78, El80, G&82, Ko82, 83, Va06] parasita (Ehrenberg, 1838) [St98, Jä56c] bulla (Gosse, 1851) [St98, Jä56c, Go69] sordida Gosse, 1886 [St98, Jä56c] bifurca (Bryce, 1892) monostylaeformis (Stenroos, 1898) [St98] Lecanidae Remane, 1933 furcata (Murray, 1913) [Go69] Lecane Nitzsch, 1827 Cathypna Hudson & Gosse, 1886 Trichotriidae Harring, 1913 Distyla Eckstein, 1883 Trichotria Bory de St.Vincent, 1827 subg. Lecane s.str. Dinocharis Ehrenberg, 1830 luna (Müller, 1776) [No90, Le91, 94, 00b, 01a, 01b, truncata (Whitelegge, 1889) 14, 15, 15b, St98, Wu13, LW15, 18, Vä26, intermedia (Bergendal, 1892) [LW18] Jä23, 27a, 27b, 30, 36a, 36b, 52, 56a, 56c, pocillum (Müller, 1776) [Le91, 94, 00b, 01a, 01b, 63, Se39, Pu47, Ha58, Go69, 72, Ha78, 15b, St98, LW15, 18, Vä26, Jä27b, 36b, 56c, G&82, Ko82, 83] Pu47, Ha58, Go72, Ha78, El80, G&82, flexilis (Gosse, 1886) [St98, LW18, Jä56c, Go69] Ko83,
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