WoRMS taxon details
Pompholyx Gosse, 1851
134933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134933)
accepted
Genus
Pompholyx complanata Gosse, 1851 (type by monotypy)
- Species Pompholyx complanata Gosse, 1851
- Species Pompholyx faciemlarva Araujo, Walsh, Wallace & Hochberg, 2024
- Species Pompholyx sulcata Hudson, 1885
- Species Pompholyx triloba Pejler, 1957
- Species Pompholyx acutangula Wu, 1981 accepted as Testudinella brevicaudata Yamamoto, 1951 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Pompholyx tubulosa Bērziņš, 1982 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh
feminine
Gosse, P. H. (1851). A catalogue of Rotifera found in Britain; with description of five new genera and thirty-two new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 2) 8, 197-203, available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Gosse_1851.pdf
page(s): p.203 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p.203 [details] Available for editors
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Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Pompholyx Gosse, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134933 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Gosse, P. H. (1851). A catalogue of Rotifera found in Britain; with description of five new genera and thirty-two new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 2) 8, 197-203, available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Gosse_1851.pdf
page(s): p.203 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p.203 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 149-151 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Koste, W. (1978). Rotatoria. Die Rädertiere Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungswerk, begründet von Max Voigt. Überordnung Monogononta. Berlin, Stuttgart. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 2, 673, 234 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original: "Two frontal eyes: foot wanting: rotatory organ double in the rear, entire in front: eggs attached behind, after deposition. The name alludes to the resemblance of the lorica to a round flat smelling-bottle." [details]
