WoRMS taxon details
Cephalodasyidae Hummon & Todaro, 2010
- Genus Cephalodasys Remane, 1926
- Species Cephalodasys cambriensis (Boaden, 1963)
- Species Cephalodasys caudatus Rao, 1981
- Species Cephalodasys dolichosomus Hummon, 2011
- Species Cephalodasys hadrosomus Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
- Species Cephalodasys interinsularis Kieneke, Schmidt-Rhaesa & Hochberg, 2015
- Species Cephalodasys littoralis Renaud-Debyser, 1964
- Species Cephalodasys mahoae Yamauchi & Kajihara, 2018
- Species Cephalodasys mariannae Araujo, 2024
- Species Cephalodasys maximus Remane, 1926
- Species Cephalodasys miniceraus Hummon, 1974
- Species Cephalodasys pacificus Schmidt, 1974
- Species Cephalodasys palavensis Fize, 1963
- Species Cephalodasys saegailus Hummon, 2011
- Species Cephalodasys swedmarki Hummon, 2008
- Species Cephalodasys turbanelloides (Boaden, 1960)
- Genus Dolichodasys Gagne, 1977
- Genus Mesodasys Remane, 1951
- Species Mesodasys adenotubulatus Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
- Species Mesodasys brittanica Hummon, 2008
- Species Mesodasys hexapodus Rao & Ganapati, 1968
- Species Mesodasys ischiensis Hummon, Todaro & Tongiorgi, 1993
- Species Mesodasys laticaudatus Remane, 1951
- Species Mesodasys littoralis Remane, 1951
- Species Mesodasys rupperti Hummon, 2008
- Species Mesodasys saddlebackensis Hummon, 2010
- Species Mesodasys litoralis Remane, 1951 accepted as Mesodasys littoralis Remane, 1951 (misspelling)
- Species Mesodasys lobocercus (Boaden, 1960) accepted as Mesodasys laticaudatus Remane, 1951
- Genus Paradasys Remane, 1934
- Species Paradasys bilobocaudus Hummon, 2008
- Species Paradasys hexadactylus Karling, 1954
- Species Paradasys lineatus Rao, 1980
- Species Paradasys littoralis Rao & Ganapati, 1968
- Species Paradasys pacificus Schmidt, 1974
- Species Paradasys subterraneus Remane, 1934
- Species Paradasys cambriensis Boaden, 1963 accepted as Cephalodasys cambriensis (Boaden, 1963) (synonym)
- Species Paradasys turbanelloides Boaden, 1960 accepted as Psammodasys turbanelloides (Boaden, 1960) (synonym)
- Species Paradasys nipponensis Sudzuki, 1976 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Pleurodasys Remane, 1927
- Genus Psammodasys accepted as Cephalodasys Remane, 1926 (synonym)
- Species Psammodasys cambriensis (Boaden, 1963) accepted as Cephalodasys cambriensis (Boaden, 1963) (junior synonym (see Hummon 2008 and Hummon & Todaro 2010, vs d'Hondt & Balsamo 2009))
- Species Psammodasys turbanelloides (Boaden, 1960) accepted as Cephalodasys turbanelloides (Boaden, 1960) (Junior synonym (see HUmmon 2008 and Hummon & Todaro 2010 vs d'Hondt & Balsamo 2009)
- Genus Thiodasys Boaden, 1974 accepted as Megadasys Schmidt, 1974 (Synonym- Thiodasys was described few months after Megadasys)
- Species Thiodasys sterreri Boaden, 1974 accepted as Megadasys sterreri (Boaden, 1974) (synonym)
marine, brackish
Hummon, W.D.; Todaro, M.A. (2010). Analytic taxonomy and notes on marine, brackish-water and estuarine Gastrotricha. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2392: 1-32. [details] Available for editors
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Todaro, A.; d'Hondt, J-L. (2025). World Gastrotricha Database. Cephalodasyidae Hummon & Todaro, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608203 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
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Hummon, W.D.; Todaro, M.A. (2010). Analytic taxonomy and notes on marine, brackish-water and estuarine Gastrotricha. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2392: 1-32. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy
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Guidi, L., Todaro, M. A., Ferraguti, M., Balsamo, M. 2014. Reproductive system and spermatozoa ultrastructure support the phylogenetic proximity of Megadasys and Crasiella (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida). Contributions to Zoology 83: 119-131, available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/118.pdf [details]