WoRMS taxon details
Limnias ceratophylli Schrank, 1803
1795752 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1795752)
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Species
Limnias socialis Leidy, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melicerta biloba Ehrenberg, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
fresh
Schrank, F. v. P. (1793-1803). Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Bayern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. 3 vols. <em>Nürnberg, Ingolstadt & Landshut, 1798-1803.</em> 3 (2)1803: 255-260. [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Type species of genus Limnias Schrank, 1803._x000d_
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower...
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower...
Taxonomy Type species of genus Limnias Schrank, 1803._x000d_
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! Bayesian Species Delimitation detected four putative cryptic species within L. ceratophylli (Kordbacheh et al. 2018). [details]
Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! Bayesian Species Delimitation detected four putative cryptic species within L. ceratophylli (Kordbacheh et al. 2018). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Limnias ceratophylli Schrank, 1803. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1795752 on 2025-06-03
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Schrank, F. v. P. (1793-1803). Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Bayern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. 3 vols. <em>Nürnberg, Ingolstadt & Landshut, 1798-1803.</em> 3 (2)1803: 255-260. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Melicerta biloba Ehrenberg, 1832) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1831: 1-154. [details]
original description (of Limnias socialis Leidy, 1874) Leidy, J. (1874). Notice of some fresh water Infusoria. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 26, 140-140 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Melicerta biloba Ehrenberg, 1832) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse.</em> 1831: 1-154. [details]
original description (of Limnias socialis Leidy, 1874) Leidy, J. (1874). Notice of some fresh water Infusoria. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 26, 140-140 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Type species of genus Limnias Schrank, 1803._x000d_Probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances! Bayesian Species Delimitation detected four putative cryptic species within L. ceratophylli (Kordbacheh et al. 2018). [details]
