''Ploesoma'' is a genus of
rotifers
The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.
They were first described by Rev. John Ha ...
belonging to the family
Synchaetidae
Synchaetidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima.
Genera:
* ''Bipalpus'' Herrick, 1885
* ''Ploesoma'' Herrick, 1885
* '' Polyarthra'' Ehrenberg, 1834
* '' Pseudoploesoma'' Myers, 1938
* ''Synchaeta
''Synchaeta'' is a genus ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Ploesoma africanum
''Ploesoma'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Synchaetidae
Synchaetidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima
Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.
...
''
Wulfert, 1965
* ''
Ploesoma hudsoni
''Ploesoma'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Synchaetidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Ploesoma africanum
''Ploesoma'' is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Synchae ...
''
(Imhof, 1891)
References
Ploima
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