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

Ploesoma Herrick, 1885

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bipalpus*	Wierzejski & Zacharias, 1893	generic synonym
*Dictyoderma*	Lauterborn, 1893	generic synonym
*Gastroschiza*	Bergendal, 1892	generic synonym
*Gomphogaster*	Vorce, 1888	generic synonym

Children

Ploesoma hudsoni (Imhof, 1891)
Ploesoma lenticulare Herrick, 1885
Ploesoma murrayi Wulfert, 1961
Ploesoma peipsiense Maemets & Kutikova, 1979
Ploesoma triacanthum (Bergendal, 1892)
Ploesoma truncatum (Levander, 1894)

Literature

original description	Herrick, C. L. (1885). Notes on American rotifers. Bulletin of the scientific laboratories of Denison University, Granville, 1, 43-62, pl.2-4,10
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
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
taxonomy 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 Herrick, 1885. 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:134956

Hendrik Segers. Ploesoma Herrick, 1885. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/311b6f21-9e16-481a-91fd-7493dbc99b1a