Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Pseudotrocha > Order Ploima > Family Trichocercidae > Genus Trichocerca

Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Coelopus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trichocerca*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Acanthodactylus*	Tessin, 1890	generic synonym
*Coelopus*	Ehrenberg, 1886	generic synonym
*Diurella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1824	generic synonym
*Mastigocerca*	Ehrenberg, 1830	generic synonym
*Monocera*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1826	generic synonym
*Rattulus*	Lamarck, 1816	generic synonym
*Vaginaria*	Schrank, 1802	generic synonym

Species group names

*Coelopus similis*	Wierzejski, 1893	objective synonym
*Mastigocerca birostris*	Minkiewisz, 1900	subjective synonym
*Mastigocerca wolgensis*	Meissner, 1902	subjective synonym

Literature

basis of record	De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4): 1-39
additional source	Segers, H. 2007. Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. (Zootaxa 1564). 104 pp.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Rotifera Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Segers, H. (2014). Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893). In: Segers, H. (Ed.) (2014). World Rotifera database from FADA. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148341

Hendrik Segers. Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=301762