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

Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Coelopus Gosse, 1886

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trichocerca*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Acanthodactylus*	Tessin, 1890	generic synonym
*Coelopus*	Gosse, 1886	generic synonym
*Diurella*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1824	generic synonym
*Mastigocerca*	Ehrenberg, 1830	generic synonym
*Monocera*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1826	generic synonym
*Rattulus*	Lamarck, 1816	generic synonym
*Vaginaria*	Schrank, 1802	generic synonym
*Monocerca*	Bory de St. Vincent, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Mastigocerca birostris*	Minkiewisz, 1900	subjective synonym
*Mastigocerca wolgensis*	Meissner, 1902	subjective synonym

Literature

basis of record	De Ridder, M. (1963). Recherches sur les Rotifières des eaux saumâtres: 10. Les Rotifières planktoniques de Nieuport et environs [Research on Rotifera of brackish waters: 10. The planktonic Rotifera of Nieuwpoort and surroundings]. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4): 1-39
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	Shiel, R.; Smales, L.; Sterrer, W.; Duggan, I.C.; Pichelin, S.; Green, J.D. (2009). Phylum Gnathifera: lesser jaw worms, rotifers, thorny-headed worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 137-158.
additional source	Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls.

Genbank

Citation

Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893). 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:148341

Hendrik Segers. Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/310194a7-cadd-44aa-adde-75f0d7ac217d