WoRMS taxon details
Proalidae Harring & Myers, 1924
- Genus Proales Gosse, 1886
- Genus Diops Bergendal, 1892 accepted as Proales Gosse, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Mytilia Gosse, 1886 accepted as Proales Gosse, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Harring, H. K.; Myers, F. J. (1924). The rotifer fauna of Wisconsin. - II. A revision of the notommatid rotifers, exclusive of the Dicranophorinae. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 21, 415-549, pl.41-63
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Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Proalidae Harring & Myers, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368543 on 2026-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Harring, H. K.; Myers, F. J. (1924). The rotifer fauna of Wisconsin. - II. A revision of the notommatid rotifers, exclusive of the Dicranophorinae. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 21, 415-549, pl.41-63
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basis of record Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p.422 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
De Smet, W. H. (1996). Description of Proales litoralis sp.nov. (Rotifera, Monogononta: Proalidae) from the marine littoral. Hydrobiologia, 335, 203-208, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00018987 [details] Available for editors
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