Table 3 in Bdelloid rotifers (Rotifera, Bdelloidea) of China: diversity and new records

Table 3. Bdelloid rotifers found in this study with their updated biogeographic distribution after Segers (2007).
SpeciesLocality codesBiogeographic regions* Adineta cf. acuticornis Haigh, 1967GD6, YN5-6, SC2AUS, ORI#* A. barbata Janson, 1893GD10, 14, JS1, ZJ2AFR, ANT, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#* A. bartosi Wulfert, 1960GZ2PAL, ORI#* A. beysunae Örstan, 2018GD13-14, 25-26, YN7-8, JS1NEA, ORI#* A. cuneata Milne, 1916GD1-2, SC2, JS2, YN6-7AFR, AUS, NEA, PAL, ORI#A. gracilis Janson, 1893HN2, QH1, JS1AFR, ANT, AUS, NEA, ORI, PALA. oculata (Milne, 1886)GD7, YN3, HN1NEO, PAL, ORI#* A. ricciae Segers & Shiel, 2005GD23, HN4AUS, ORI#* A. steineri Bartoš, 1951GD13ANT, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#A. vaga (Davis, 1873)GZ2, HN2-4, ZJ2, YN1,7, GD5,7,13-14, 20-21,23AFR, ANT, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PALDissotrocha macrostyla (Ehrenberg, 1838)HN6AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL* Habrotrocha bidens (Gosse, 1851)ZJ1AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL* H. cf. spicula Bryce, 1913GD2AFR, AUS, ORI, PALH. constricta (Dujardin, 1841)HN2AFR, ANT, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAC, PAL, ORI#H. insignis Bryce, 1915GD3AUS, PAL, ORI#* H. ligula loxoglotta De Koning, 1947YN5PAL, ORI#* H. rosa Donner, 1949GD25AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#* H. serpens Donner, 1949GD6AFR, AUS, PAL, ORI#* Otostephanos regalis Milne, 1916GD13AFR, PAL, ORI#* Scepanotrocha semitecta Donner, 1951SC1NEO, PAL, ORI#Macrotrachela bullata (Murray, 1906)GD3-4, GZ2AFR, ORI, PALM. ehrenbergii (Janson, 1893)HN7, GZ1AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAC, PAL* M. habita (Bryce, 1894)GD6, 11,20, 22-23, YN1-3, GZ1AFR, ANT, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL* M. hewitti (Murray, 1911)SH1AFR, PAL, ORI#* M. inermis Donner, 1965YN4PAL, ORI#M. insolita De Koning, 1947GD2, HN8ANT, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#* M. latior Doner, 1951YN7PAL, ORI#* M. libera Donner, 1949HN4PAL, ORI#M. multispinosa multispinosa Thompson, 1892GD6AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL* M. multispinosa brevispinosa (Murray, 1908)YN5AFR, AUS, NEO, ORI, PAL* M. nana (Bryce, 1912)QH1AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, PALM. plicata (Bryce, 1892)SC2-3AFR, AUS, NEA, PAL, ORI#* M. quadricornifera quadricorniferoides De Koning, 1929JS1, 2AFR, ANT, NEO, ORI, PAL* M. quadricornifera scutellata Schulte, 1954GD13AUS, PAL, ORI#* M. timida Milne, 1916SC1-3, YN7AFR, AUS, PAL, ORI#* Philodina acuticornis Murray, 1902GD20-21, JS1, ZJ2AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#* P. cf. indica Murray, 1906YN4NEA, PAL, ORI#* P. cf. proterva Milne, 1916GD5, YN1, 6, ZJ2AFR, AUS, NEA, PAL, ORI#* P. childi Milne, 1916GD14, YN7PAL, ORI#* P. duplicalcar (De Koning, 1947)NX2PALP. megalotrocha Ehrenberg, 1832HN5-6, 9, GD9, 12AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL* P. cf. parvicalcar De Koning, 1947SH2, GD25PAL, ORI#* P. plena (Bryce, 1894)QH1, YN7AFR, ANT, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#* P. rapida Milne, 1916YN7AFR, NEO, PAL, ORI#P. roseola Ehrenberg, 1832GD19AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#* P. rugosa Bryce, 1903GD20-21AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#* P. tenuicalcar De Koning, 1947NX1PAL* P. tranquilla Wulfert, 1942HN2, GS1AUS, PAL, ORI#P. vorax (Janson, 1893)HN2AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL* Pleuretra africana Murray, 1911YN2, 6AFR, NEO, ORI#* P. brycei (Weber, 1898)GD15, 23AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#Rotaria citrina (Ehrenberg, 1838)GD16AFR, AUS, NEA, PAL, ORI#* R. laticeps Wulfert, 1942GD15, 24AUS, PAL, ORI#R. neptunia Ehrenberg, 1830GD16-17AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PAL* R. neptunoida Harring, 1913GD16-17, 19AFR, AUS, NEA, ORI, PALR. rotatoria (Pallas, 1766)HN5, GD8, 18, SH1, 3AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PALR. sordida (Western, 1893)HN2, 8, YN2-3, GD13-14,26, JS1AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PALR. tardigrada (Ehrenberg, 1830)HN9AFR, AUS, NEA, NEO, ORI, PALR. tridens (Montet, 1915)HN6, 9, GD9, 12AUS, NEA, NEO, PAL, ORI#
*: Taxa new for China, #: new for ORI. Abbreviations: AFR: Afrotropical region; ANT: Antarctic region; AUS: Australian region; NEA: Nearctic region; NEO: Neotropical region; ORI: Oriental region; PAC: Pacific region; PAL: Palearctic region. ‘cf.’ is retained for those taxa which have some differences from the nominate morphospecies, requiring further study. Locality codes see Table 2 for sampling information.