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Trichocerca Lamarck, 1801

Monocerca longicauda - Original description image
Monocerca longicauda - Original description image

134959  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134959)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Rotifera (Phylum)
  4. Eurotatoria (Class)
  5. Monogononta (Subclass)
  6. Pseudotrocha (Superorder)
  7. Ploima (Order)
  8. Trichocercidae (Family)
  9. Trichocerca (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Acanthodactylus Tessin, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bothriocerca Eichwald, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coelopus Gosse, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diurellaeopsis Sudzuki, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mastigocerca Ehrenberg, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monocerca Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paratrichocerca Sudzuki, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rattulus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trichocercus Cuvier, 1800 · unaccepted (Senior synonym)
Vaginaria Schrank, 1802 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Trichocerca abilioi Segers & Sarma, 1993
  2. Species Trichocerca agnata Wulfert, 1939
  3. Species Trichocerca bauthiemensis Trinh Dang, Segers & Sanoamuang, 2015
  4. Species Trichocerca bicristata (Gosse, 1887)
  5. Species Trichocerca bicuspes (Pell, 1890)
  6. Species Trichocerca bidens (Lucks, 1912)
  7. Species Trichocerca brachyura (Gosse, 1851)
  8. Species Trichocerca braziliensis (Murray, 1913)
  9. Species Trichocerca capucina (Wierzejski & Zacharias, 1893)
  10. Species Trichocerca caspica (Tschugunoff, 1921)
  11. Species Trichocerca cavia (Gosse, 1886)
  12. Species Trichocerca chattoni (Beauchamp, 1907)
  13. Species Trichocerca collaris (Rousselet, 1896)
  14. Species Trichocerca compressa Edmondson, 1938
  15. Species Trichocerca cylindrica (Imhof, 1891)
  16. Species Trichocerca dixonnuttalli (Jennings, 1903)
  17. Species Trichocerca edmondsoni (Myers, 1936)
  18. Species Trichocerca elongata (Gosse, 1886)
  19. Species Trichocerca euodonta (Hauer, 1937)
  20. Species Trichocerca flagellata Hauer, 1937
  21. Species Trichocerca harveyensis Myers, 1942
  22. Species Trichocerca hollaerti De Smet, 1990
  23. Species Trichocerca iernis (Gosse, 1887)
  24. Species Trichocerca insignis (Herrick, 1885)
  25. Species Trichocerca insolens (Myers, 1936)
  26. Species Trichocerca insulana (Hauer, 1937)
  27. Species Trichocerca intermedia (Stenroos, 1898)
  28. Species Trichocerca kostei Segers, 1993
  29. Species Trichocerca lata (Jennings, 1894)
  30. Species Trichocerca longiseta (Schrank, 1802)
  31. Species Trichocerca longistyla (Olofsson, 1918)
  32. Species Trichocerca lophoessa (Gosse, 1886)
  33. Species Trichocerca macera (Gosse, 1886)
  34. Species Trichocerca maior (Hauer, 1935)
  35. Species Trichocerca marina (Daday, 1890)
  36. Species Trichocerca mollis Edmondson, 1936
  37. Species Trichocerca mucosa (Stokes, 1896)
  38. Species Trichocerca multicrinis (Kellicott, 1897)
  39. Species Trichocerca mus Hauer, 1938
  40. Species Trichocerca musculus (Hauer, 1936)
  41. Species Trichocerca myersi (Hauer, 1931)
  42. Species Trichocerca nitida Harring, 1914
  43. Species Trichocerca obtusidens (Olofsson, 1918)
  44. Species Trichocerca orca (Murray, 1913)
  45. Species Trichocerca ornata Myers, 1934
  46. Species Trichocerca parvula Carlin, 1939
  47. Species Trichocerca pediculus Remane, 1949
  48. Species Trichocerca plaka Myers, 1938
  49. Species Trichocerca platessa Myers, 1934
  50. Species Trichocerca porcellus (Gosse, 1851)
  51. Species Trichocerca pusilla (Jennings, 1903)
  52. Species Trichocerca pygocera (Wiszniewski, 1932)
  53. Species Trichocerca rattus (Müller, 1776)
  54. Species Trichocerca relicta Donner, 1950
  55. Species Trichocerca ripli Bērziņš, 1973
  56. Species Trichocerca rosea (Stenroos, 1898)
  57. Species Trichocerca rotundata Myers, 1937
  58. Species Trichocerca rousseleti (Voigt, 1902)
  59. Species Trichocerca ruttneri Donner, 1953
  60. Species Trichocerca scipio (Gosse, 1886)
  61. Species Trichocerca siamensis Segers & Pholpunthin, 1997
  62. Species Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893)
  63. Species Trichocerca simoneae De Smet, 1990
  64. Species Trichocerca stylata (Gosse, 1851)
  65. Species Trichocerca sulcata (Jennings, 1894)
  66. Species Trichocerca taurocephala (Hauer, 1931)
  67. Species Trichocerca tenuidens (Hauer, 1931)
  68. Species Trichocerca tenuior (Gosse, 1886)
  69. Species Trichocerca tigris (Müller, 1786)
  70. Species Trichocerca uncinata (Voigt, 1902)
  71. Species Trichocerca vargai Wulfert, 1961
  72. Species Trichocerca vassilijevae Kutikova, 1985
  73. Species Trichocerca vernalis (Hauer, 1936)
  74. Species Trichocerca voluta (Murray, 1913)
  75. Species Trichocerca wanarra Segers & Shiel, 2003
  76. Species Trichocerca weberi (Jennings, 1903)
  77. Species Trichocerca antilopaea (Petr, 1891) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  78. Species Trichocerca bambekei (Mola, 1913) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  79. Species Trichocerca barsica (Varga & Dudich, 1939) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  80. Species Trichocerca bicurvicornis (Mola, 1913) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  81. Species Trichocerca bilunaris Blainville, 1830 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  82. Species Trichocerca brachydactyla (Glascott, 1893) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  83. Species Trichocerca brevidactyla (Daday, 1890) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  84. Species Trichocerca calypta (Gosse, 1886) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  85. Species Trichocerca cimolia (Gosse, 1886) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  86. Species Trichocerca cryptodus (Hauer, 1937) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  87. Species Trichocerca cuspidata (Stenroos, 1898) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  88. Species Trichocerca flava (Voronkov, 1907) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  89. Species Trichocerca gillardi Koste, 1978 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  90. Species Trichocerca gracilis (Tessin, 1890) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  91. Species Trichocerca helminthodes (Gosse, 1886) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  92. Species Trichocerca heterodactyla (Tschugunoff, 1921) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  93. Species Trichocerca joblotii Bory de St. Vincent, 1827 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  94. Species Trichocerca microstyla (Daday, 1901) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  95. Species Trichocerca mucripes Ahlstrom, 1938 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  96. Species Trichocerca murchiearum Edmondson, 1936 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  97. Species Trichocerca porcelloides Bērziņš, 1982 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  98. Species Trichocerca rectangularis Evens, 1947 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  99. Species Trichocerca sejunctipes (Gosse, 1886) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  100. Species Trichocerca tapeinotes Ahlstrom, 1938 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  101. Species Trichocerca unidens (Stenroos, 1898) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  102. Species Trichocerca arctica Voigt, 1957 accepted as Trichocerca obtusidens (Olofsson, 1918) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  103. Species Trichocerca artmanni (Zelinka, 1927) accepted as Trichocerca marina (Daday, 1890) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  104. Species Trichocerca birostris (Minkiewicz, 1900) accepted as Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  105. Species Trichocerca brevistyla (Lucks, 1912) accepted as Trichocerca capucina (Wierzejski & Zacharias, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  106. Species Trichocerca cristata Harring, 1913 accepted as Trichocerca rattus (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  107. Species Trichocerca curvata (Levander, 1894) accepted as Trichocerca marina (Daday, 1890) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  108. Species Trichocerca falx Edmondson, 1936 accepted as Trichocerca longiseta (Schrank, 1802) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  109. Species Trichocerca fusiformis (Levander, 1894) accepted as Trichocerca macera (Gosse, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  110. Species Trichocerca henseni (Zelinka, 1907) accepted as Trichocerca marina (Daday, 1890) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  111. Species Trichocerca inermis (Linder, 1904) accepted as Trichocerca dixonnuttalli (Jennings, 1903) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  112. Species Trichocerca jenningsi Voigt, 1957 accepted as Trichocerca scipio (Gosse, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  113. Species Trichocerca marina (Lie-Pettersen, 1905) accepted as Trichocerca marina (Daday, 1890) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  114. Species Trichocerca microcornis Myers, 1942 accepted as Trichocerca iernis (Gosse, 1887) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  115. Species Trichocerca minuta (Olofsson, 1918) accepted as Trichocerca obtusidens (Olofsson, 1918) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  116. Species Trichocerca montana Hauer, 1956 accepted as Trichocerca insulana (Hauer, 1937) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  117. Species Trichocerca neeli Edmondson, 1948 accepted as Trichocerca tenuior (Gosse, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  118. Species Trichocerca parva (Manfredi, 1927) accepted as Trichocerca intermedia (Stenroos, 1898) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  119. Species Trichocerca rossae Edmondson, 1936 accepted as Trichocerca edmondsoni (Myers, 1936) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  120. Species Trichocerca setifera (Lauterborn, 1893) accepted as Trichocerca cylindrica (Imhof, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  121. Species Trichocerca tchadiensis Pourriot, 1968 accepted as Trichocerca elongata (Gosse, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  122. Species Trichocerca tortuosa (Myers, 1936) accepted as Trichocerca myersi (Hauer, 1931) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  123. Species Trichocerca tropis Hauer, 1937 accepted as Trichocerca voluta (Murray, 1913) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
feminine
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 394 [details] OpenAccess publication
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2026). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Trichocerca Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134959 on 2026-03-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Jersabek, Christian D.
2025-03-13 12:45:00Z
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Jersabek, Christian D.

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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 394 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mastigocerca Ehrenberg, 1830) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1830). Organisation, Systematik und geographisches Verhältnis der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 [Die geographische Verbreitung der Infusionsthierchen in Nord-Afrika und West-Asien, beob Berlin. Druckerei der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 108, pl.1-8, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2077
page(s): p.66 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Acanthodactylus Tessin, 1890) Tessin, G. (1890). Rotatorien der Umgebung von Rostock. Archiv der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg, 43, 133-174, pl.1
page(s): p.152 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Bothriocerca Eichwald, 1847) Eichwald, E. (1847). Erster Nachtrag zur Infusorienkunde Russlands. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 20, 285-366, pl.8-9, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48927099
page(s): p.350 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Coelopus Gosse, 1886) Hudson, C. T.; Gosse, P. H. (1886). The Rotifera; or wheel-animalcules, both British and foreign. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., I+II, 2, VI+128, pl.1-15; 144, pl.A-D,16-30, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10664748
page(s): v.2, p.67 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Diurella Bory de St. Vincent, 1824) Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1824). Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle, par Messieurs Audouin, Isid. Bourdon, Ad. Brongniart, de Candolle ... et Bory de Saint-Vincent. Ouvrage dirigé par ce dernier collaborateur. Paris. Rey et Gravier, 5, 653, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64045
page(s): p.568 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Monocerca Bory de St. Vincent, 1826) Bory De Saint Vincent, J.-B. G. M. M. (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. <em>Paris. Veuve Agasse.</em> XI+104., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9127
page(s): p.69 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Rattulus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): p.23 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Vaginaria Schrank, 1802) Schrank, F. (1802). Briefe naturhistorischen, physikalischen und ökonomischen Inhalts an Hrn. B.S. Nau. Nebst drey vorausgeschickten naturhistorischen Abhandlungen. Briefe an Nau. Erlangen. Schubart, 384, pl.1-2
page(s): p.379 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Diurellaeopsis Sudzuki, 1964) Sudzuki, M. (1964). New systematical approach to the Japanese planktonic Rotatoria. Hydrobiologia, 23 (1/2), 1-124, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00043725
page(s): p.61 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Paratrichocerca Sudzuki, 1964) Sudzuki, M. (1964). New systematical approach to the Japanese planktonic Rotatoria. Hydrobiologia, 23 (1/2), 1-124, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00043725
page(s): p.61 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Trichocercus Cuvier, 1800) Cuvier, G. (1800). Leçons d'anatomie comparée. Recueillies et publiées sous ses yeux par C. Duméril. Paris. Baudoin, Imprimeur de l'Institut National des Sciences et des Arts, 1, XXXI+522, 7 foldout-tables
page(s): Table 9 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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 Segers, H. (2003). A biogeographical analysis of rotifers of the genus Trichocerca Lamarck, 1801 (Trichocercidae, Monogononta, Rotifera), with notes on taxonomy. Hydrobiologia, 500, 103-114, available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024624132386 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/002229302317339707 [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

 
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Diagnosis Original: "Corps très-petit , transparent, submultiforme , pourvu d'une queue simple ou fourchue, et de cils ou de poils dans sa partie antérieure." [details]

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