Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134983 on 2026-03-20
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Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte
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Predvaritelnyj otchet ob issliedovanii Rotatoria i Thysanura okrestnostej Khar'kova.
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Opis fauny wrotków (Rotatoria) powiatu sokalskiego z uwzglednieniem gromad Brzuchorzesków (Gastrotricha) i Niesporczakow (Tardigrada).
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Die Rotatorien-Synusien submerser Makrophyten der Donau bei Wien und mehrerer Alpenbäche.
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New Rotifera from southwestern islands of Japan.
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Rotifera from Western Australian wetlands with descriptions of two new species.
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Brachionus bakeri - Original description image
Brachionus bakeri var. anisitsi - Original description image
Brachionus bakeri var. congolense - Original description image
Brachionus bakeri var. convergens - Original description image
Brachionus bakeri var. cornutus - Original description image
Brachionus bakeri var. fuelleborni - Original description image
Brachionus bakeri var. inermis - Original description image
Brachionus bakeri var. michaelseni - Original description image
Brachionus bakeri var. rectangularis - Original description image
Brachionus capsuliflorus - Original description image
Brachionus capsuliflorus var. entzii f. convergens - Original description image
Brachionus chilensis - Original description image
Brachionus cluniorbicularis isigakiensis - Original description image
Brachionus granulatus - Original description image
Brachionus longipes - Original description image
Brachionus lyra - Original description image
Brachionus melhemi f. minor - Original description image
Brachionus neglectus - Original description image
Brachionus obesus - Original description image
Brachionus octodentatus - Original description image
Brachionus pustulatus - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus f. brevispinus - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus f. entzii - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus f. melhemi - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus f. minor - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus f. rhenanus - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus var. ancylognathus - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus var. hyphalmyros - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus var. hyphalmyros f. curvata - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus var. hyphalmyros f. divergens - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus var. longispinus - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus var. splendidus - Original description image
Brachionus quadridentatus var. zernowi - Original description image
Brachionus tuberculus - Original description image
Fig. 12 a later described as B. bakeri var. zernowi by Voronkov (1907)
Brachionus quadridentatus f. brevispinus
sub Brachionus quadridentatus hyphalmyros Tschugunoff !? - russian text not yet translated!
sub B. quadridentatus f. rhenanus Lauterborn
Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis
as Brachionus bakeri var. rhenanus Lauterborn ?
Brachionus quadridentatus var. ancylognathus
Brachionus quadridentatus var. hyphalmyros
Brachionus quadridentatus var. splendidus
Image courtesy of ANSP (Jersabek et al. 2003) [Ref.15798]; female, dorsal view
Image courtesy of ANSP (Jersabek et al. 2003) [Ref.15798]; female (dorsal view, with subitaneous egg), and trophi, dorsal and ventral views
Image courtesy of ANSP (Jersabek et al. 2003) [Ref.15798]; females, dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Nieuwpoort
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - St-Pieters-op-de-Dijk (Brugge)
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. melhemi Barrois & Daday, 1894 - Indonesia
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Congo Basin
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Apia
Distribution for Brachionus capsuliflorus Pallas, 1766 - Beijing
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Brazil
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. brevispinus Ehrenberg, 1832 - Brazil
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. minor Koste, 1983 - Brazil
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Hawaii
Distribution for Brachionus cluniorbicularis isigakiensis Sudzuki, 1992 - Japan
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Germany
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus var. splendidus Donner, 1964 - Germany
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. brevispinus Ehrenberg, 1832 - Germany
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis Skorikov, 1894 - Germany
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. rhenanus Lauterborn, 1893 - Germany
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus var. ancylognathus Schmarda, 1859 - Germany
Distribution for Brachionus capsuliflorus Pallas, 1766 - Czech Republic
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus var. splendidus Donner, 1964 - Czech Republic
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. brevispinus Ehrenberg, 1832 - Czech Republic
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Ethiopia
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - France
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Mongolia
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. brevispinus Ehrenberg, 1832 - Mongolia
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. rhenanus Lauterborn, 1893 - Mongolia
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis Skorikov, 1894 - Mongolia
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Netherlands
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Texas
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis Skorikov, 1894 - Texas
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Thailand
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. melhemi Barrois & Daday, 1894 - Thailand
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. brevispinus Ehrenberg, 1832 - Thailand
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis Skorikov, 1894 - Thailand
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. minor Koste, 1983 - Western Australia
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Great Lakes
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis Skorikov, 1894 - Great Lakes
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Wallis and Futuna
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Jamaica
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Tumba
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. brevispinus Ehrenberg, 1832 - Hainan
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis Skorikov, 1894 - Hainan
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 - Vanuatu
Distribution for Brachionus quadridentatus f. cluniorbicularis Skorikov, 1894 - Vanuatu
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1800913
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1801057
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1801068
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1801069
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1801070
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1801129
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1801258
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1801259
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1801260