WoRMS taxon details
Lophocharis oxysternon (Gosse, 1851)
148355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148355)
accepted
Species
Metopidia oxysternon Gosse, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Metopidia oxysternum Gosse, 1851 · unaccepted (no nomenclatural status)
Oxysterna maior Iroso, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh
(of Metopidia oxysternon Gosse, 1851) 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 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Intermediate forms exist between L. salpina and L. oxysternon, making it sometimes difficult to allocate a specimen to one...
Taxonomy Intermediate forms exist between L. salpina and L. oxysternon, making it sometimes difficult to allocate a specimen to one or the other. Revision urgently needed. [details]
Segers, H. (Ed.) (2025). World Rotifera database (FADA). Lophocharis oxysternon (Gosse, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148355 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oxysterna maior Iroso, 1910) Iroso, I. (1910). Primo contributo alla conoscenza dei Rotiferi del lago-stagno craterico di Astroni. Monitore zoologico italiano, 21, 299-304 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Metopidia oxysternum Gosse, 1851) 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Metopidia oxysternon Gosse, 1851) 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Metopidia oxysternum Gosse, 1851) 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 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Metopidia oxysternon Gosse, 1851) 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 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 39(4)</i>: 1-39 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa, 1564, 1-104, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01564p104.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]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. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Intermediate forms exist between L. salpina and L. oxysternon, making it sometimes difficult to allocate a specimen to one or the other. Revision urgently needed. [details]
