Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > 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

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	ITIS database

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External Links

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Citation

Segers, H. (2014). Ploesoma Herrick, 1885. In: Segers, H. (Ed.) (2014). World Rotifera database from FADA. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) 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 http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=301677