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Asplanchna Gosse, 1850
134935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134935)
accepted
Genus
Asplanchna priodonta Gosse, 1850 (type by subsequent designation)
Apus Schoch, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Asplanchnella Sudzuki, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Asplanchna brightwellii Gosse, 1850
- Species Asplanchna girodi Guerne, 1888
- Species Asplanchna priodonta Gosse, 1850
- Species Asplanchna silvestrii Daday, 1902
- Species Asplanchna brightwelli Gosse, 1850 accepted as Asplanchna brightwellii Gosse, 1850
brackish, fresh
feminine
Gosse, P. H. (1850). Description of Asplanchna priodonta, an animal of the Class Rotifera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 2) 6, 18-24, pl.1-2
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Taxonomy Genus Asplanchna was divided in two subgenera by Sudzuki (1964) [Ref.360288] based on different shapes of the vitellarium...
Taxonomy Genus Asplanchna was divided in two subgenera by Sudzuki (1964) [Ref.360288] based on different shapes of the vitellarium (spherical in Asplanchna s.str. and horseshoe-shaped in Asplanchnella), but an intermediate shape of the vitellarium exists in A. tropica Koste & Tobias (vide Jose de Paggi (2002) [Ref.361661]). [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Asplanchna Gosse, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134935 on 2026-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Gosse, P. H. (1850). Description of Asplanchna priodonta, an animal of the Class Rotifera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 2) 6, 18-24, pl.1-2
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original description (of Apus Schoch, 1868) Schoch, G. (1868). Die Räderthiere. Die mikroskopischen Thiere des Süsswasseraquariums. Leipzig. Verlag von Arthur Felix, 2. Buch, 34, pl.1-8
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original description (of Asplanchnella Sudzuki, 1964) Sudzuki, M. (1964). New systematical approach to the Japanese planktonic Rotatoria. Hydrobiologia, 23 (1/2), 1-124, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00043725
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basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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[request]original description (of Apus Schoch, 1868) Schoch, G. (1868). Die Räderthiere. Die mikroskopischen Thiere des Süsswasseraquariums. Leipzig. Verlag von Arthur Felix, 2. Buch, 34, pl.1-8
page(s): p.21 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Asplanchnella Sudzuki, 1964) Sudzuki, M. (1964). New systematical approach to the Japanese planktonic Rotatoria. Hydrobiologia, 23 (1/2), 1-124, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00043725
page(s): p.77 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
José De Paggi, S. (2002). Family Asplanchnidae Eckstein, 1883. In: T. Nogrady; H. Segers. Rotifera. Volume 6: Asplanchnidae, Gastropodidae, Lindiidae, Microcodidae, Synchaetidae, Trochosphaeridae and Filinia. Leiden, The Netherlands. Backhuys Publishers, 18, 1-27 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Checklist of valid family- and genus-group names in Rotifera - After Segers, H. (2002). Contribution to the nomenclature of Rotifera: Annotated checklist of valid family- and genus-group names. J. Nat. Hist. 36: 631-640. Update 20 Jan. 05, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/002229302317339707 [details]
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. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Harring, H. K. (1913). Synopsis of the Rotatoria. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 81, 1-226, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.81 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Harring, H. K. (1913). Synopsis of the Rotatoria. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 81, 1-226, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.81 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Original: "Animal rotatorium, ex Hydatinaeorum familia, pede, intestino, et ano carens; ocellis, mandibulisque instructum; sexibus sejunctis." [details]Taxonomy Genus Asplanchna was divided in two subgenera by Sudzuki (1964) [Ref.360288] based on different shapes of the vitellarium (spherical in Asplanchna s.str. and horseshoe-shaped in Asplanchnella), but an intermediate shape of the vitellarium exists in A. tropica Koste & Tobias (vide Jose de Paggi (2002) [Ref.361661]). [details]
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