WoRMS taxon details
Ploesoma Herrick, 1885
134956 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134956)
accepted
Genus
Ploesoma lenticulare Herrick, 1885 (type by monotypy)
Bipalpus Wierzejski & Zacharias, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dictyoderma Lauterborn, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gastroschiza Bergendal, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gomphogaster Vorce, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Ploesoma hudsoni (Imhof, 1891)
- Species Ploesoma lenticulare Herrick, 1885
- Species Ploesoma truncatum (Levander, 1894)
brackish, fresh
neuter
Herrick, C. L. (1885). Notes on American rotifers. Bulletin of the scientific laboratories of Denison University, Granville, 1, 43-62, pl.2-4,10
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Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Ploesoma Herrick, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134956 on 2026-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Herrick, C. L. (1885). Notes on American rotifers. Bulletin of the scientific laboratories of Denison University, Granville, 1, 43-62, pl.2-4,10
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original description (of Bipalpus Wierzejski & Zacharias, 1893) Wierzejski, A.; Zacharias, O. (1893). Neue Rotatorien des Süsswassers. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 56, 236-244, pl.13
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original description (of Dictyoderma Lauterborn, 1893) Lauterborn, R. (1893). Beiträge zur Rotatorienfauna des Rheins und seiner Altwasser. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 7, 254-273, pl.11, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.24066
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original description (of Gastroschiza Bergendal, 1892) Bergendal, D. (1892). Ehrenbergs Euchlanis Lynceus wiedergefunden? Lunds universitets års-skrift. Acta Universitatis Lundensis, (sect. 2), 28 (5), 1-2
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original description (of Gomphogaster Vorce, 1888) Vorce, C. M. (1888). Note on a new rotifier. - Gamphogaster areolatus. Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists, 9, 250-253
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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): p.57 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Bipalpus Wierzejski & Zacharias, 1893) Wierzejski, A.; Zacharias, O. (1893). Neue Rotatorien des Süsswassers. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 56, 236-244, pl.13
page(s): p.236 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Dictyoderma Lauterborn, 1893) Lauterborn, R. (1893). Beiträge zur Rotatorienfauna des Rheins und seiner Altwasser. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 7, 254-273, pl.11, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.24066
page(s): p.268 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Gastroschiza Bergendal, 1892) Bergendal, D. (1892). Ehrenbergs Euchlanis Lynceus wiedergefunden? Lunds universitets års-skrift. Acta Universitatis Lundensis, (sect. 2), 28 (5), 1-2
page(s): p.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Gomphogaster Vorce, 1888) Vorce, C. M. (1888). Note on a new rotifier. - Gamphogaster areolatus. Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists, 9, 250-253
page(s): p.251 [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
Hollowday, E. D. (2002). Family Synchaetidae Hudson & Gosse, 1886 In: T. Nogrady; H. Segers. Rotifera. Volume 6: Asplanchnidae, Gastropodidae, Lindiidae, Microcodidae, Synchaetidae, Trochosphaeridae and Filinia. Leiden, The Netherlands. Backhuys Publishers, 18, 87-211 [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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