North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Macrodasyida

AphiaID

247790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:247790)

Classification

Authority

Remane, 1925 [Rao & Clausen, 1970]

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Gastrotricha

Synonymised names

Macrodasyoidea · unaccepted (-oidea ending, is that of a...)

-oidea ending, is that of a superfamily (ICZN 29.2), the ordinal ending is -ida see Rao & Clausen, 1970

Direct children (12)

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Family Cephalodasyidae Hummon & Todaro, 2010
Family Dactylopodolidae Strand, 1929
Family Lepidodasyidae Remane, 1927
Family Macrodasyidae Remane, 1924
Family Mesodasyidae Cesaretti, Kosakyan, Saponi & Todaro, 2025
Family Planodasyidae Rao & Clausen, 1970
Family Redudasyidae Todaro, Dal Zotto, Jondelius, Hochberg, Hummon, Kanneby & Rocha, 2012
Family Thaumastodermatidae Remane, 1927
Family Turbanellidae Remane, 1926
Family Urodasyidae Cesaretti, Kosakyan, Saponi & Todaro, 2025
Family Xenodasyidae Todaro, Guidi, Leasi & Tongiorgi, 2006
Family Chordodasyidae accepted as Xenodasyidae Todaro, Guidi, Leasi & Tongiorgi, 2006

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Remane, A. 1925. Organisation und systematische Stellung der aberranten Gastrotrichen. Verhandl. Deutsch. Zool. Gesellsch. 30: 121-128., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Remane_1925a.pdf [details]

Taxonomic citation

Todaro, A.; d'Hondt, J-L. (2025). World Gastrotricha Database. Macrodasyida. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=247790 on 2026-07-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Macrodasyida. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=247790 on 2026-07-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-10-29 08:36:41Z

created

Hummon, William

2008-12-22 07:59:35Z

changed

Todaro, Antonio

2023-02-08 12:43:56Z

changed

Todaro, Antonio

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original description Remane, A. 1925. Organisation und systematische Stellung der aberranten Gastrotrichen. Verhandl. Deutsch. Zool. Gesellsch. 30: 121-128., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Remane_1925a.pdf [details]

basis of record Rao, G.C. & C. Clausen. 1970. Planodasys marginalis gen. et sp. nov. and Planodasyidae fam. nov.(Gastrotricha Macrodasyoidea). Sarsia, 42: 73-82. , available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Rao_&_Clausen_1970.pdf [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrodasyida)
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