WoRMS taxon details
Proales Gosse, 1886
134953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134953)
accepted
Genus
Notommata decipiens Ehrenberg, 1830 accepted as Proales decipiens (Ehrenberg, 1830) (type by subsequent designation)
Diops Bergendal, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mytilia Gosse, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Proales christinae De Smet, 1994
- Species Proales francescae De Smet, 2015
- Species Proales germanica Tzschaschel, 1978
- Species Proales gonothyraeae Remane, 1929
- Species Proales halophila Remane, 1929
- Species Proales litoralis De Smet, 1996
- Species Proales oculata Tzschaschel, 1978
- Species Proales paguri Thane-Fenchel, 1966
- Species Proales reinhardti (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- Species Proales similis de Beauchamp, 1907
- Species Proales syltensis Tzschaschel, 1978
- Species Proales theodora (Gosse, 1887)
- Species Proales commutata Althaus, 1957 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Proales fleetensis Saunders-Davies, 1995 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Proales longipes Remane, 1929 accepted as Proales theodora (Gosse, 1887) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Proales namibiensis Koste & Brain, 1993 accepted as Lecane plesia Myers, 1936 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Hudson, C. T.; Gosse, P. H. (1886). The Rotifera; or wheel-animalcules, both British and foreign. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., I+II, 2, VI+128, pl.1-15; 144, pl.A-D,16-30, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10664748
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Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Proales Gosse, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134953 on 2026-05-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Hudson, C. T.; Gosse, P. H. (1886). The Rotifera; or wheel-animalcules, both British and foreign. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., I+II, 2, VI+128, pl.1-15; 144, pl.A-D,16-30, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10664748
page(s): v.2, p.36 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Diops Bergendal, 1892) Bergendal, D. (1892). Beiträge zur Fauna Grönlands. Ergebnisse einer im Jahre 1890 in Grönland vorgenommenen Forschungsreise. I. Zur Rotatorienfauna Grönlands. Lunds universitets års-skrift. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Berlingska Boktryckeri, Lund, (sect. 2), 28 (4), 1-180, pl.1-6
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original description (of Mytilia Gosse, 1886) Hudson, C. T.; Gosse, P. H. (1886). The Rotifera; or wheel-animalcules, both British and foreign. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., I+II, 2, VI+128, pl.1-15; 144, pl.A-D,16-30, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10664748
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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]
page(s): v.2, p.36 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Diops Bergendal, 1892) Bergendal, D. (1892). Beiträge zur Fauna Grönlands. Ergebnisse einer im Jahre 1890 in Grönland vorgenommenen Forschungsreise. I. Zur Rotatorienfauna Grönlands. Lunds universitets års-skrift. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Berlingska Boktryckeri, Lund, (sect. 2), 28 (4), 1-180, pl.1-6
page(s): p.83 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mytilia Gosse, 1886) Hudson, C. T.; Gosse, P. H. (1886). The Rotifera; or wheel-animalcules, both British and foreign. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., I+II, 2, VI+128, pl.1-15; 144, pl.A-D,16-30, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10664748
page(s): v.2, p.110 [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
De Smet, W. H. (1996). Rotifera. Volume 4: The Proalidae (Monogononta). In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. Amsterdam. SPB Academic Publishing, 9, 102 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about
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additional source Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about
page(s): a [details]
additional source Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original: "Of moderate or small size; body generally cylindric, or larviform; ciliated face more or less prone; brain clear; auricles and tail wanting."Amended, after De Smet (1996) [Ref.361552]: Body fusiform, vasiform, roughly cylindrical, or tapering towards toes. Usually illoricate, rarely semiloricate. Head and trunk separated by neck-fold. Trunk usually tapering towards base of foot. Foot varying greatly in length and shape with different species: indistinct or short, medium long to very long, pseudosegments present or absent. Two ± short toes (except P. doliaris with one toe). Corona usually an oblique disc, with well-developed marginal cilia and 2 lateral tufts of densely set, long cilia; without retractile ciliated auricles. Buccal field large, evenly ciliated, with mouth at ventral margin. Apical field not usually enclosed by marginal ciliation, sometimes dorsal. Rostrum slightly developed in some species. Eyespot usually on or near brain, rarely frontal or absent. Retrocerebral organ present, rudimentary or absent. Mastax often very small; trophi malleate, a modification of the malleate type or virgate. Rami roughly triangular, usually with teeth at their inner margins, basal apophyses large. Fulcrum usually wedge-shaped, short to medium long, ± in line with the flattened rami. Unci with 1-7 teeth. Manubria ± long. Epipharynx two rod- or irregular, wedge-shaped pieces.
Free-living, epiphytic, epizoic or parasitic. Freshwater to halophile." [details]
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