WoRMS taxon details
Adineta vaga (Davis, 1873)
886583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:886583)
accepted
Species
Callidina vaga Davis, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Adineta vaga major Bryce, 1893
- Subspecies Adineta vaga minor Bryce, 1893
- Subspecies Adineta vaga tenuicornis Bryce, 1926
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Callidina vaga Davis, 1873) Davis, H. (1873). A new Callidina; with the results of experiments on the desiccation of rotifers. Monthly Microscopical Journal, 9, 201-209, pl.14 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in England
type locality contained in England [details]
Taxonomy Type species of genera Adineta Hudson, 1886 and Planotrochus Plate, 1886 (the latter is an invalid synonym of the...
Taxonomy Type species of genera Adineta Hudson, 1886 and Planotrochus Plate, 1886 (the latter is an invalid synonym of the former)._x000d_
Highly variable morphospecies that probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances (Fontaneto et al. (2011))! [details]
Highly variable morphospecies that probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances (Fontaneto et al. (2011))! [details]
WoRMS (2025). Adineta vaga (Davis, 1873). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=886583 on 2025-06-06
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Nomenclature
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(of Callidina vaga Davis, 1873) Davis, H. (1873). A new Callidina; with the results of experiments on the desiccation of rotifers. Monthly Microscopical Journal, 9, 201-209, pl.14 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
additional source Örstan, A. (2020). The trouble with Adineta vaga (Davis, 1873): a common rotifer that cannot be identified (Rotifera: Bdelloidea: Adinetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4830(3): 597-600. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Örstan, A. (2020). The trouble with Adineta vaga (Davis, 1873): a common rotifer that cannot be identified (Rotifera: Bdelloidea: Adinetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4830(3): 597-600. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Type species of genera Adineta Hudson, 1886 and Planotrochus Plate, 1886 (the latter is an invalid synonym of the former)._x000d_Highly variable morphospecies that probably represents a complex of cryptic species with narrower geographic ranges and/or ecological tolerances (Fontaneto et al. (2011))! [details]
