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Thaumastodermatidae Remane, 1927

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114424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:114424)

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Macrodasyida

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Subfamily Diplodasyinae Ruppert, 1978
1. Genus Acanthodasys Remane, 1927
  1. Species Acanthodasys aculeatus Remane, 1927
  2. Species Acanthodasys algarvense Hummon, 2008
  3. Species Acanthodasys arcassonensis Kisielewski, 1987
  4. Species Acanthodasys australis Bosco, Lourenço, Guidi, Balsamo, Hochberg & Garraffoni, 2020
  5. Species Acanthodasys caribbeanensis Hochberg & Atherton, 2010
  6. Species Acanthodasys carolinensis Hummon, 2008
  7. Species Acanthodasys comtus Lee, 2012
  8. Species Acanthodasys ericinus Lee, 2012
  9. Species Acanthodasys fibrosus Clausen, 2004
  10. Species Acanthodasys flabellicaudus Hummon & Todaro, 2009
  11. Species Acanthodasys lineatus Clausen, 2000
  12. Species Acanthodasys paurocactus Atherton & Hochberg, 2012
  13. Species Acanthodasys silvulus Evans, 1992
  14. Species Acanthodasys arcachonensis Kisielewski, 1987 accepted as Acanthodasys arcassonensis Kisielewski, 1987 (misspelling )
2. Genus Diplodasys Remane, 1927
  1. Species Diplodasys ankeli Wilke, 1954
  2. Species Diplodasys caudatus Kisielewski, 1987
  3. Species Diplodasys meloriae Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 1992
  4. Species Diplodasys minor Remane, 1936 sensu Todaro, 1992
  5. Species Diplodasys pacificus Schmidt, 1974
  6. Species Diplodasys platydasyoides Remane, 1927
  7. Species Diplodasys remanei Rao & Ganapati, 1968
  8. Species Diplodasys rothei Kieneke, Narkus, Hochberg & Schmidt-Rhaesa, 2013
  9. Species Diplodasys sanctimariae Hummon & Todaro, 2009
  10. Species Diplodasys swedmarki Kisielewski, 1987
Subfamily Thaumastodermatinae Remane, 1927
1. Genus Chimaeradasys Kieneke & Todaro, 2020
  1. Species Chimaeradasys oligotubulatus Kieneke & Todaro, 2020
  2. Species Chimaeradasys polytubulatus Kieneke & Todaro, 2020
2. Genus Hemidasys Claparède, 1867
  1. Species Hemidasys agaso Claparède, 1867
3. Genus Oregodasys Hummon, 2008
  1. Species Oregodasys ashleigha Araujo, Atherton & Hochberg, 2015
  2. Species Oregodasys caymanensis Hochberg, Atherton & Kieneke, 2014
  3. Species Oregodasys cirratus Rothe & Schmidt-Rhaesa, 2010
  4. Species Oregodasys itoi (Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002)
  5. Species Oregodasys katharinae Hochberg, 2010
  6. Species Oregodasys kurnowensis Hummon, 2008
  7. Species Oregodasys mastigurus (Clausen, 1965)
  8. Species Oregodasys maximus (Remane, 1927)
  9. Species Oregodasys norenburgi Hochberg, 2010
  10. Species Oregodasys ocellatus (Clausen, 1965)
  11. Species Oregodasys pacificus (Schmidt, 1974)
  12. Species Oregodasys phacellatus (Clausen, 1965)
  13. Species Oregodasys rarus (Forneris, 1961)
  14. Species Oregodasys ruber (Swedmark, 1956)
  15. Species Oregodasys styliferus (Boaden, 1965)
  16. Species Oregodasys tentaculatus (Swedmark, 1956)
4. Genus Pseudostomella Swedmark, 1956
  1. Species Pseudostomella andamanica Rao, 1993
  2. Species Pseudostomella cataphracta Ruppert, 1970
  3. Species Pseudostomella cheraensis Priyalakshmi, Menon & Todaro, 2007
  4. Species Pseudostomella dolichopoda Todaro, 2012
  5. Species Pseudostomella etrusca Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
  6. Species Pseudostomella faroensis Clausen, 2004
  7. Species Pseudostomella indica Rao, 1970
  8. Species Pseudostomella klauserae Hochberg, 2002
  9. Species Pseudostomella koreana Lee & Chang, 2002
  10. Species Pseudostomella longifurca Lee & Chang, 2002
  11. Species Pseudostomella malayica Renaud-Mornant, 1967
  12. Species Pseudostomella mandela Todaro, Perissinotto & Bownes, 2015
  13. Species Pseudostomella megapalpator Hochberg, 2002
  14. Species Pseudostomella plumosa Ruppert, 1970
  15. Species Pseudostomella roscovita Swedmark, 1956
  16. Species Pseudostomella squamalongispinosa Araujo, Balsamo & Garraffoni, 2013
  17. Species Pseudostomella triancra Hummon, 2008
5. Genus Ptychostomella Remane, 1926
  1. Species Ptychostomella bergensis Clausen, 1996
  2. Species Ptychostomella brachycephala (Lévi, 1954)
  3. Species Ptychostomella helana Roszczak, 1939
  4. Species Ptychostomella higginsi Clausen, 2004
  5. Species Ptychostomella jejuensis Lee, Hwang & Chang, 2009
  6. Species Ptychostomella lamelliphora Todaro, 2013
  7. Species Ptychostomella lepidota Clausen, 2000
  8. Species Ptychostomella mediterranea Remane, 1927
  9. Species Ptychostomella ommatophora Remane, 1927
  10. Species Ptychostomella orientalis Lee & Chang, 2003
  11. Species Ptychostomella papillata Lee & Chang, 2003
  12. Species Ptychostomella pectinata Remane, 1926
  13. Species Ptychostomella sebastiana Araujo & Garraffoni, 2021
  14. Species Ptychostomella tyrrhenica Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
  15. Species Ptychostomella brachycephalus (Lévi, 1954) accepted as Ptychostomella brachycephala (Lévi, 1954) (gender concordance)
  16. Species Ptychostomella helena Roszczak, 1936 accepted as Ptychostomella helana Roszczak, 1939 (misspelling)
6. Genus Tetranchyroderma Remane, 1926
  1. Subgenus Tetranchyroderma (Brachiotetranchyroderma) d'Hondt, 2019
    1. Species Tetranchyroderma (Brachiotetranchyroderma) forceps d'Hondt & Balsamo, 2009
  2. Species Tetranchyroderma aapton Dal Zotto, Ghiviriga & Todaro, 2010
  3. Species Tetranchyroderma adeleae Hochberg, 2008
  4. Species Tetranchyroderma aethesbregmum Lee & Chang, 2012
  5. Species Tetranchyroderma anisoankyrum Lee, 2012
  6. Species Tetranchyroderma anomalopsum Hummon, Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 1996
  7. Species Tetranchyroderma antenniphorum Hummon & Todaro, 2010
  8. Species Tetranchyroderma aphenothigmum Hummon, Todaro, Tongiorgi & Balsamo, 1998
  9. Species Tetranchyroderma apum Remane, 1927
  10. Species Tetranchyroderma arcticum Clausen, 2000
  11. Species Tetranchyroderma australiense Nicholas & Todaro, 2006
  12. Species Tetranchyroderma boadeni Schrom in Riedl, 1970
  13. Species Tetranchyroderma boreale Clausen, 2000
  14. Species Tetranchyroderma bronchostylus Atherton & Hochberg, 2012
  15. Species Tetranchyroderma bulbosum Clausen, 2000
  16. Species Tetranchyroderma bunti (Thane-Fenchel, 1970)
  17. Species Tetranchyroderma canariense Todaro, Ancona, Marzano, Gallo-D'Addabbo & De Zio-Grimaldi, 2003
  18. Species Tetranchyroderma cirrophorum Lévi, 1950
  19. Species Tetranchyroderma coeliopodium Boaden, 1963
  20. Species Tetranchyroderma copicirratum Hummon, 2008
  21. Species Tetranchyroderma corallium Hummon, 2011
  22. Species Tetranchyroderma coreense Lee, 2012
  23. Species Tetranchyroderma dendricum Saito, 1937
  24. Species Tetranchyroderma dragescoi Swedmark, 1967
  25. Species Tetranchyroderma enallosum Hummon, 1977
  26. Species Tetranchyroderma esarabdophorum Tongiorgi & Balsamo, 1984
  27. Species Tetranchyroderma faroense Clausen, 2004
  28. Species Tetranchyroderma garraffoni Araújo & Hochberg, 2017
  29. Species Tetranchyroderma gausancrum Hummon, 2008
  30. Species Tetranchyroderma gracilium Chang, Lee & Clausen, 1998
  31. Species Tetranchyroderma heterotentaculatum Chang & Lee, 2001
  32. Species Tetranchyroderma heterotubulatum Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
  33. Species Tetranchyroderma hirtum Luporini, Magagnini & Tongiorgi, 1973
  34. Species Tetranchyroderma hoonsooi Chang & Lee, 2001
  35. Species Tetranchyroderma hummoni Lee, Chang & Kim, 2017
  36. Species Tetranchyroderma hyponiglarum Hummon & Todaro, 2009
  37. Species Tetranchyroderma hypopsilancrum Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
  38. Species Tetranchyroderma hystrix Remane, 1926
  39. Species Tetranchyroderma inaequitubulatum Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 2002
  40. Species Tetranchyroderma indicum Rao & Ganapati, 1968
  41. Species Tetranchyroderma insolitum Lee & Chang, 2012
  42. Species Tetranchyroderma insulare Balsamo, Fregni & Tongiorgi, 1994
  43. Species Tetranchyroderma interstitialis Hummon, 2008
  44. Species Tetranchyroderma kontosomum Hummon, Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 1996
  45. Species Tetranchyroderma korynetum Hummon & Todaro, 2009
  46. Species Tetranchyroderma lameshurensis Hummon, 2008
  47. Species Tetranchyroderma littoralis Rao, 1981
  48. Species Tetranchyroderma longipedum Hummon, 2008
  49. Species Tetranchyroderma mainensis Hummon & Guadiz, 2009
  50. Species Tetranchyroderma massiliense Swedmark, 1956
  51. Species Tetranchyroderma megabitubulatum Lee & Chang, 2012
  52. Species Tetranchyroderma megastomum (Remane, 1927)
  53. Species Tetranchyroderma monokerosum Lee & Chang, 2007
  54. Species Tetranchyroderma multicirratum Lee & Chang, 2007
  55. Species Tetranchyroderma norvegicum Clausen, 1996
  56. Species Tetranchyroderma oblongum Lee, 2012
  57. Species Tetranchyroderma oligopentancrum Hummon & Todaro, 2009
  58. Species Tetranchyroderma pachysomum Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
  59. Species Tetranchyroderma pacificum Schmidt, 1974
  60. Species Tetranchyroderma papii Gerlach, 1953
  61. Species Tetranchyroderma paradoxum Thane-Fenchel, 1970
  62. Species Tetranchyroderma paralittorale Rao, 1991
  63. Species Tetranchyroderma parapapii Hummon, 2009
  64. Species Tetranchyroderma pentaspersus Nicholas & Todaro, 2006
  65. Species Tetranchyroderma pinnatum Lee, 2012
  66. Species Tetranchyroderma polyacanthum (Remane, 1927)
  67. Species Tetranchyroderma polypodium Luporini, Magagnini & Tongiorgi, 1971
  68. Species Tetranchyroderma polyprobolostomum Hummon, Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 1996
  69. Species Tetranchyroderma psilotopum Hummon, Todaro, Tongiorgi & Balsamo, 1998
  70. Species Tetranchyroderma pugetense Wieser, 1957
  71. Species Tetranchyroderma quadritentaculatum Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 1992
  72. Species Tetranchyroderma rhopalotum Hummon, 2011
  73. Species Tetranchyroderma sanctaecaterinae Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 1992
  74. Species Tetranchyroderma sardum Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 1988
  75. Species Tetranchyroderma schizocirratum Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002
  76. Species Tetranchyroderma sinaiensis Hummon, 2011
  77. Species Tetranchyroderma suecicum Boaden, 1960
  78. Species Tetranchyroderma swedmarki Rao & Ganapati, 1968
  79. Species Tetranchyroderma symphorochetum Hummon, Todaro, Tongiorgi & Balsamo, 1998
  80. Species Tetranchyroderma tanymesatherum Hummon, Todaro, Balsamo & Tongiorgi, 1996
  81. Species Tetranchyroderma tentaculatum Rao, 1993
  82. Species Tetranchyroderma thysanogaster Boaden, 1965
  83. Species Tetranchyroderma thysanophorum Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
  84. Species Tetranchyroderma tribolosum Clausen, 1965
  85. Species Tetranchyroderma verum Wilke, 1954
  86. Species Tetranchyroderma weissi Todaro, 2002
  87. Species Tetranchyroderma xenodactylum Hummon, 2011
  88. Species Tetranchyroderma antennatum Luporini, Magagnini & Tongiorgi, 1973 accepted as Tetranchyroderma antenniphorum Hummon & Todaro, 2010 (Name not available (ICZN 45.6.3) )
  89. Species Tetranchyroderma apus Remane, 1927 accepted as Tetranchyroderma apum Remane, 1927 (gender concordance)
  90. Species Tetranchyroderma austaliense Nicholas & Todaro, 2006 accepted as Tetranchyroderma australiense Nicholas & Todaro, 2006
  91. Species Tetranchyroderma canariensis Todaro, Ancona, Marzano, Gallo D'Addabbo & Grimaldi De Zio, 2003 accepted as Tetranchyroderma canariense Todaro, Ancona, Marzano, Gallo-D'Addabbo & De Zio-Grimaldi, 2003
  92. Species Tetranchyroderma cirrophora Lévi, 1950 accepted as Tetranchyroderma cirrophorum Lévi, 1950 (spelling variation)
  93. Species Tetranchyroderma coelopodium Boaden, 1963 accepted as Tetranchyroderma coeliopodium Boaden, 1963 (misspelling)
  94. Species Tetranchyroderma enalosum Hummon, 1977 accepted as Tetranchyroderma enallosum Hummon, 1977
  95. Species Tetranchyroderma massilense Swedmark, 1956 accepted as Tetranchyroderma massiliense Swedmark, 1956 (specific name misspelled in Hummon & Todaro, 2010)
  96. Species Tetranchyroderma megastoma (Remane, 1927) accepted as Tetranchyroderma megastomum (Remane, 1927) (spelling variation)
    1. Subspecies Tetranchyroderma megastoma lobata d'Hondt, 2019
  97. Species Tetranchyroderma paralittoralis Rao, 1991 accepted as Tetranchyroderma paralittorale Rao, 1991 (wrong gender ending)
  98. Species Tetranchyroderma polyacanthus (Remane, 1927) accepted as Tetranchyroderma polyacanthum (Remane, 1927) (spelling variation)
  99. Species Tetranchyroderma pugetensis Wieser, 1957 accepted as Tetranchyroderma pugetense Wieser, 1957 (gender concordance)
  100. Species Tetranchyroderma suecica Boaden, 1960 accepted as Tetranchyroderma suecicum Boaden, 1960 (spelling variation)
  101. Species Tetranchyroderma vera Wilke, 1954 accepted as Tetranchyroderma verum Wilke, 1954 (gender concordance)
  102. Species Tetranchyroderma forceps d'Hondt & Balsamo, 2009 represented as Tetranchyroderma (Brachiotetranchyroderma) forceps d'Hondt & Balsamo, 2009
7. Genus Thaumastoderma Remane, 1926
  1. Species Thaumastoderma antarctica Kieneke, 2010
  2. Species Thaumastoderma appendiculatum Chang, Lee & Clausen, 1998
  3. Species Thaumastoderma arcassonense d'Hondt, 1965
  4. Species Thaumastoderma bifurcatum Clausen, 1991
  5. Species Thaumastoderma cantacuzeni Lévi, 1958
  6. Species Thaumastoderma clandestinum Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002
  7. Species Thaumastoderma copiophorum Chang, Lee & Clausen, 1998
  8. Species Thaumastoderma coronarium Chang, Lee & Clausen, 1998
  9. Species Thaumastoderma heideri Remane, 1926
  10. Species Thaumastoderma mediterraneum Remane, 1927
  11. Species Thaumastoderma minancrum Hummon, 2008
  12. Species Thaumastoderma moebjergi Clausen, 2004
  13. Species Thaumastoderma natlanticum Hummon, 2008
  14. Species Thaumastoderma ponticulus Araujo & Hochberg, 2017
  15. Species Thaumastoderma ramuliferum Clausen, 1965
  16. Species Thaumastoderma renaudae Kisielewski, 1987
  17. Species Thaumastoderma swedmarki Lévi, 1950
  18. Species Thaumastoderma truncatum Clausen, 1991
  19. Species Thaumastoderma bunti Thane-Fenchel, 1970 accepted as Tetranchyroderma bunti (Thane-Fenchel, 1970) (new combination)
  20. Species Thaumastoderma copriophorum Chang, Lee & Clausen, 1998 accepted as Thaumastoderma copiophorum Chang, Lee & Clausen, 1998 (lapsus)
  21. Species Thaumastoderma renaudi Kisielewski, 1987 accepted as Thaumastoderma renaudae Kisielewski, 1987 (misspelling)
Genus Echinodasys accepted as Tetranchyroderma Remane, 1926
1. Species Echinodasys megastoma Remane, 1927 accepted as Tetranchyroderma megastomum (Remane, 1927) (synonym (new combination))
2. Species Echinodasys polyacanthus Remane, 1927 accepted as Tetranchyroderma polyacanthum (Remane, 1927) (synonym (new combination))
Genus Platydasys Remane, 1927 accepted as Oregodasys Hummon, 2008 (synonym - preoccupied see Hummon, 2008)
1. Species Platydasys brachycephalus Lévi, 1954 accepted as Ptychostomella brachycephalus (Lévi, 1954)
2. Species Platydasys itoi Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002 accepted as Oregodasys itoi (Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002)
3. Species Platydasys mastigurus Clausen, 1965 accepted as Oregodasys mastigurus (Clausen, 1965) (synonym (new combination))
4. Species Platydasys maximus Remane, 1927 accepted as Oregodasys maximus (Remane, 1927) (new combination)
5. Species Platydasys ocellatus Clausen, 1965 accepted as Oregodasys ocellatus (Clausen, 1965) (new combination)
6. Species Platydasys pacificus Schmidt, 1974 accepted as Oregodasys pacificus (Schmidt, 1974)
7. Species Platydasys phacellatus Clausen, 1965 accepted as Oregodasys phacellatus (Clausen, 1965) (new combination)
8. Species Platydasys rarus Forneris, 1961 accepted as Oregodasys rarus (Forneris, 1961) (new combination)
9. Species Platydasys ruber Swedmark, 1956 accepted as Oregodasys ruber (Swedmark, 1956) (new combination)
10. Species Platydasys styliferus Boaden, 1965 accepted as Oregodasys styliferus (Boaden, 1965) (new combination)
11. Species Platydasys tentaculatus Swedmark, 1956 accepted as Oregodasys tentaculatus (Swedmark, 1956) (new combination)
Genus Tetranchyderma accepted as Tetranchyroderma Remane, 1926 (lapsus)
1. Species Tetranchyderma weissi Todaro, 2002 accepted as Tetranchyroderma weissi Todaro, 2002 (lapsus)
Genus Thaumastroderma accepted as Thaumastoderma Remane, 1926 (lapsus)
1. Species Thaumastroderma clandestinum Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002 accepted as Thaumastoderma clandestinum Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002 (lapsus)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Remane, A. (1927). Neue Gastrotricha Macrodasyoidea. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie, und Geographie der Tiere. 54: 203-242., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Remane_1927c_genera.pdf [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Todaro, A.; d'Hondt, J-L. (2025). World Gastrotricha Database. Thaumastodermatidae Remane, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114424 on 2025-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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d'Hondt, Jean-Loup

2008-12-22 07:59:35Z

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Todaro, Antonio

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Nomenclature

original description Remane, A. (1927). Neue Gastrotricha Macrodasyoidea. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie, und Geographie der Tiere. 54: 203-242., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Remane_1927c_genera.pdf [details] Available for editors

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basis of record d'Hondt, J.-L.; van der Land, J. (2001). Gastrotricha, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 156-158 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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