WoRMS taxon details
Encentrum Ehrenberg, 1838
134949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134949)
accepted
Genus
Furcularia marina Dujardin, 1841 accepted as Encentrum marinum (Dujardin, 1841) (type by subsequent designation)
Encentroides Sudzuki, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Encentrum algente Harring, 1921
- Species Encentrum aluligerum De Smet, 2015
- Species Encentrum arenarium Althaus, 1957
- Species Encentrum astridae Sørensen, 2001
- Species Encentrum axi Tzschaschel, 1979
- Species Encentrum barti De Smet, 2000
- Species Encentrum bidentatum (Lie-Pettersen, 1905)
- Species Encentrum cruentum Harring & Myers, 1928
- Species Encentrum dieteri De Smet, 1995
- Species Encentrum enteromorphae Otto, 1936
- Species Encentrum eristes Harring & Myers, 1928
- Species Encentrum eulitorale Tzschaschel, 1978
- Species Encentrum flexile Godske Eriksen, 1968
- Species Encentrum forcipatum Dartnall, 1997
- Species Encentrum foroiuliense De Smet, 2015
- Species Encentrum frenoti De Smet, 2002
- Species Encentrum graingeri Chengalath, 1985
- Species Encentrum kostei Tzschaschel, 1978
- Species Encentrum kutikovae De Smet & Chernyshev, 2006
- Species Encentrum lacidum Harring & Myers, 1928
- Species Encentrum limicola Otto, 1936
- Species Encentrum listense Tzschaschel, 1978
- Species Encentrum listensoides De Smet, 2000
- Species Encentrum loefgreni De Smet, 2015
- Species Encentrum longirostrum Tzschaschel, 1978
- Species Encentrum marinum (Dujardin, 1841)
- Species Encentrum matthesi Remane, 1949
- Species Encentrum mustela (Milne, 1885)
- Species Encentrum myersi Wulfert, 1936
- Species Encentrum nesites Harring & Myers, 1928
- Species Encentrum obesum Tzschaschel, 1979
- Species Encentrum oculatum Harring & Myers, 1928
- Species Encentrum permutandum Tzschaschel, 1979
- Species Encentrum porsildi Sørensen, 1998
- Species Encentrum psammophilum Althaus, 1957
- Species Encentrum pugiodigitatum De Smet, 2015
- Species Encentrum remanei Voigt, 1957
- Species Encentrum rousseleti (Lie-Pettersen, 1905)
- Species Encentrum sacculiforme Tzschaschel, 1978
- Species Encentrum salsum Myers, 1936
- Species Encentrum simillimum Remane, 1929
- Species Encentrum spatiatum Wulfert, 1936
- Species Encentrum striatum Althaus, 1957
- Species Encentrum tectipes Remane, 1949
- Species Encentrum tenuidigitatum De Smet, 2000
- Species Encentrum uncinatoides De Smet, 2015
- Species Encentrum ussuriensis De Smet & Chernyshev, 2006
- Species Encentrum valkanovi Althaus, 1957
- Species Encentrum villosum Harring & Myers, 1928
- Species Encentrum ambiguum Tzschaschel, 1979 accepted as Wierzejskiella ambigua (Tzschaschel, 1979) (Synonym)
- Species Encentrum brevifulcrum Dartnall, 1997 accepted as Paradicranophorus sordidus Donner, 1968 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Encentrum wierzejskii Tzschaschel, 1979 accepted as Wierzejskiella marina Remane, 1949 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Encentrum incertum Althaus, 1957 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Encentrum salinum Dartnall, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. Leipzig. Verlag von Leopold Voss, 547, pl.1-64
page(s): p.450 [details]
page(s): p.450 [details]
Taxonomy Three subgenera, viz. Encentrum s.str., Isoencentrum, and Pseudencentrum were established within genus Encentrum by De Smet...
Taxonomy Three subgenera, viz. Encentrum s.str., Isoencentrum, and Pseudencentrum were established within genus Encentrum by De Smet (1997) [Ref.362438]. Many species of this genus however, cannot be assigned to any of these subgenera due to inadequate descriptions. [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Encentrum Ehrenberg, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134949 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. Leipzig. Verlag von Leopold Voss, 547, pl.1-64
page(s): p.450 [details]
original description (of Encentroides Sudzuki, 1960) Sudzuki, M. (1960). Limnological survey of the Lake Nojiri on the Tableland in middle Japan. II. Description of some new species of rotifers. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 21, 19-26
page(s): p.19 [details] Available for editors
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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.450 [details]
original description (of Encentroides Sudzuki, 1960) Sudzuki, M. (1960). Limnological survey of the Lake Nojiri on the Tableland in middle Japan. II. Description of some new species of rotifers. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 21, 19-26
page(s): p.19 [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
De Smet, W. H. (1997). Dicranophoridae. In: Rotifera. Volume 5: The Dicranophoridae and the Ituridae (Monogononta). In: T. Nogrady. Guides to the identification of the microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. Amsterdam. SPB Academic Publishing, 5, 1-325, 341-344 [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 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. [details]
subsequent type designation Harring, H. K. (1913). Synopsis of the Rotatoria. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 81, 1-226 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details]
subsequent type designation Harring, H. K. (1913). Synopsis of the Rotatoria. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 81, 1-226 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Three subgenera, viz. Encentrum s.str., Isoencentrum, and Pseudencentrum were established within genus Encentrum by De Smet (1997) [Ref.362438]. Many species of this genus however, cannot be assigned to any of these subgenera due to inadequate descriptions. [details]
