Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Rotifera > Class Eurotatoria > Subclass Monogononta > Superorder Pseudotrocha > Order Ploima > Family Gastropodidae

Ascomorpha Perty, 1850

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chromogaster*	Lauterborn, 1893	generic synonym
*Sacculus*	Gosse, 1851	generic synonym
*Anapus*	Bergendal, 1892	synonym

Children

Ascomorpha agilis Zacharias, 1893
Ascomorpha ecaudis Perty, 1850
Ascomorpha minima Hofsten, 1909
Ascomorpha ovalis (Bergendahl, 1892)
Ascomorpha saltans Bartsch, 1870
Ascomorpha tundisii Segers & Dumont, 1995

Literature

original description	Perty, M. (1850). Neue Räderthiere der Schweiz. Mittheilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern, 170, 17-22
basis of record	O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, 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. 149-151
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
taxonomy source	Radwan, S. ; Bielanska-Grajner, I. (2002). Family Gastropodidae Harring, 1913 In: T. Nogrady; H. Segers. Rotifera. Volume 6: Asplanchnidae, Gastropodidae, Lindiidae, Microcodidae, Synchaetidae, Trochosphaeridae and Filinia. Leiden, The Netherlands. Backhuys Publishers, 18, 28-54

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Ascomorpha Perty, 1850. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134951

Hendrik Segers. Ascomorpha Perty, 1850. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ae675444-ef23-4328-9372-d16c83982c21