Limnias

Limnias
Limnias watumiwamusi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Rotifera
Class: Monogononta
Order: Flosculariaceae
Family: Flosculariidae
Genus: Limnias
Schrank, 1803
Synonyms
  • Cephalosiphon Ehrenberg, 1853
  • Limnioides Tatem, 1868
  • Lymnias Oken, 1815

Limnias is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Flosculariidae.[1]

The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Limnias:[1]

  • Limnias berzinsi Kordbacheh, Wallace & Walsh, 2018
  • Limnias ceratophylli Schrank, 1803
  • Limnias cornuella Rousselet, 1889
  • Limnias floridensis Kordbacheh, Wallace & Walsh, 2018
  • Limnias harringi Kordbacheh, Wallace & Walsh, 2018
  • Limnias lenis Meksuwan, Jaturapruek & Maiphae, 2018
  • Limnias melicerta Weisse, 1848
  • Limnias myersi Kordbacheh, Wallace & Walsh, 2018
  • Limnias myriophylli (Tatem, 1868)
  • Limnias novemceras Meksuwan, Jaturapruek & Maiphae, 2018
  • Limnias nymphaea Stenroos, 1898
  • Limnias schranki Kordbacheh, Wallace & Walsh, 2018
  • Limnias shiawasseensis Kellicott, 1888
  • Limnias taylori Kordbacheh, Wallace & Walsh, 2018
  • Limnias weissei Kordbacheh, Wallace & Walsh, 2018
  • Limnias wrighti Kordbacheh, Wallace & Walsh, 2018
  • Limnioides ceratophylli Schrank, 1803
  • Limnioides cornuella Rousselet, 1889
  • Limnioides melicerta Weisse, 1848
  • Limnioides nymphaea Stenroos, 1898
  • Limnioides shiawasseensis Kellicott, 1888
  • BOLD:ADW2598 (Limnias sp.)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Limnias Schrank, 1803". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 October 2025.