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Colurus dumnonius Gosse, 1887
1798070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1798070)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine
Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twenty-four new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 1-7, pl.1-2, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1887.tb01558.x [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in England
type locality contained in England [details]
Taxonomy Colurus dumnonius has been synonymized with Colurella deflexa (Ehrenberg) by Harring (1913:29)and subsequent authors, but...
Taxonomy Colurus dumnonius has been synonymized with Colurella deflexa (Ehrenberg) by Harring (1913:29)and subsequent authors, but this can not be confirmed from Gosse's insufficient description; it is more appropriately treated as a species inquirenda._x000d_
Name not listed in adopted Rotifera part of the „List of Available Names in Zoology“ (A-List) (Jersabek et al., 2018)thus nomenclaturally unavailable despite previous availability (ICZN Art.79.4.3.). [details]
Name not listed in adopted Rotifera part of the „List of Available Names in Zoology“ (A-List) (Jersabek et al., 2018)thus nomenclaturally unavailable despite previous availability (ICZN Art.79.4.3.). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Colurus dumnonius Gosse, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1798070 on 2025-06-06
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Nomenclature
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Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twenty-four new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 1-7, pl.1-2, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1887.tb01558.x [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Colurus dumnonius has been synonymized with Colurella deflexa (Ehrenberg) by Harring (1913:29)and subsequent authors, but this can not be confirmed from Gosse's insufficient description; it is more appropriately treated as a species inquirenda._x000d_Name not listed in adopted Rotifera part of the „List of Available Names in Zoology“ (A-List) (Jersabek et al., 2018)thus nomenclaturally unavailable despite previous availability (ICZN Art.79.4.3.). [details]
