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Diuronotus rupperti Todaro, Balsamo & Kristensen, 2005

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Diuronotus rupperti Todaro, Balsamo & Kristensen, 2005
Name authority
Todaro, Balsamo & Kristensen, 2005
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Gastrotricha
Order
Chaetonotida
Family
Muselliferidae
Genus
Diuronotus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumGastrotricha Metschnikoff, 1865
  4. orderChaetonotida Remane, 1925 [Rao & Clausen, 1970]
  5. suborderPaucitubulatina d'Hondt, 1971
  6. familyMuselliferidae Leasi & Todaro, 2008
  7. genusDiuronotus Todaro, Balsamo & Kristensen, 2005
  8. speciesDiuronotus rupperti Todaro, Balsamo & Kristensen, 2005

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 1 records assigned to Muselliferidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Todaro, M. A., Balsamo, M., & Kristensen, R. M. (2005). A new genus of marine chaetonotids (Gastrotricha), with a description of two new species from Greenland and Denmark. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of theUnited Kingdom, 85: 1391–1400. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315405012579 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:36ZQJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.