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accepted
Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1830). Organisation, Systematik und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 [Die geographische Verbreitung der Infusionsthierchen in Nord-Afrika und West-Asien, beob Berlin. Druckerei der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 108, pl.1-8
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Cephalodella gibba - Original description image
Cephalodella gibba microdactyla - Original description image
Diaschiza semiaperta - Original description image
Cephalodella cf. gibba (?) sub Plagiognatha felis (Müller)
ID requires verification: toes very short
Image courtesy of ANSP (Jersabek et al. 2003) [Ref.15798]; females, ventral (173) and lateral (1140) views, male (978 lateral view), and trophi (266 lateral view)
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Belgium
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Fiji
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Mongolia
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Svalbard
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Tahiti
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Salzburg
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Wien
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Hawaii
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Kärnten
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Austria
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Faroe Islands
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Great Lakes
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Germany
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Vanuatu
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Macquarie Island
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Kenya
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Galápagos
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Spain
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) - Ethiopia
Distribution for Cephalodella gibba microdactyla Koch-Althaus, 1963 - Germany
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 134923
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Taxon Description IUCN Habitats Classification Scheme (version 3.1) for Taxon denoted by name 1800991