Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Entoprocta > Family Loxosomatidae

Loxosoma Keferstein, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyclatella*	Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863	synonym

Children

Loxosoma agile Nielsen, 1964
Loxosoma annelidicola (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863)
Loxosoma claparedei Bobin & Prenant, 1953
Loxosoma loricatum Harmer, 1915
Loxosoma loxalina Assheton, 1912
Loxosoma monensis Eggleston, 1965
Loxosoma pectinaricola Franzén, 1962
Loxosoma rhodinicola Franzén, 1962
Loxosoma saltans Assheton, 1912
Loxosoma significans Nielsen, 1964
Loxosoma singulare Keferstein, 1862

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ロクソソマ属

Literature

original description	Keferstein, W. (1862). Ueber Loxosoma singulare gen. et sp. nov., den Schmarotzer einer Annelide. Z. wiss. Zool. 12: 131–132, pl. 11, Fig. 29.
basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (2001). Entoprocta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 179-180
additional source	Gordon, D.P. (2009). Phylum Kamptozoa: nodding animals, entoprocts, goblet worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 298-301.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].