WoRMS name details
Furcularia sphaerica Gosse, 1887
1798241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1798241)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Furcularia Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Rotaria Scopoli, 1777
marine, fresh
Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twenty-four more new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 861-871, pl.14-15, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1887.tb01590.x [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Scotland, Ireland
Taxonomy Has occasionally been regarded as a synonym of Cephalodella globata (Gosse) (e.g., Harring (1913:34)Koste (1978:370)), but...
Taxonomy Has occasionally been regarded as a synonym of Cephalodella globata (Gosse) (e.g., Harring (1913:34)Koste (1978:370)), but rather seems to be an insufficiently described species near Cephalodella catellina (Müller). Given the poor 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). Furcularia sphaerica Gosse, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1798241 on 2025-06-05
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Nomenclature
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Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twenty-four more new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 861-871, pl.14-15, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1887.tb01590.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 Has occasionally been regarded as a synonym of Cephalodella globata (Gosse) (e.g., Harring (1913:34)Koste (1978:370)), but rather seems to be an insufficiently described species near Cephalodella catellina (Müller). Given the poor 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]
