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

Ploesoma truncatum (Levander, 1894)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Gastroschiza Bergendal, 1892

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ploesoma*	Herrick, 1885	accepted genus name
*Bipalpus*	Wierzejski & Zacharias, 1893	generic synonym
*Dictyoderma*	Lauterborn, 1893	generic synonym
*Gastroschiza*	Bergendal, 1892	generic synonym
*Gomphogaster*	Vorce, 1888	generic synonym

Species group names

*Gastroschiza truncata*		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	Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data.
additional source	Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104
additional source	Hollowday, E. D. (2002). Family Synchaetidae Hudson & Gosse, 1886 In: T. Nogrady; H. Segers. Rotifera. Volume 6: Asplanchnidae, Gastropodidae, Lindiidae, Microcodidae, Synchaetidae, Trochosphaeridae and Filinia. Leiden, The Netherlands. Backhuys Publishers, 18, 87-211

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Ploesoma truncatum (Levander, 1894). 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:135041

Hendrik Segers. Ploesoma truncatum (Levander, 1894). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6e1ae1e5-ed3d-40e2-8165-b5f904023493