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

Ascomorpha ovalis (Bergendahl, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anapus Stål, 1858

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ascomorpha*	Perty, 1850	accepted genus name
*Chromogaster*	Lauterborn, 1893	generic synonym
*Sacculus*	Gosse, 1851	generic synonym
*Anapus*	Bergendal, 1892	synonym

Species group names

*Chromogaster testudo*	Lauterbon, 1893	subjective synonym

Literature

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	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
additional source	Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Ascomorpha ovalis (Bergendal, 1892). 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:135028

Hendrik Segers. Ascomorpha ovalis (Bergendahl, 1892). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bc58c292-3571-4230-a290-66208068178a