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 superseded combination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, brackish, 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
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Nomenclature Metopidia oxysternum Gosse, in Hudson & Gosse (1886, v.2., p.107) apparently is an inadvertent error (a lapsus calami). The...
Taxonomy Intermediate forms exist between L. salpina and L. oxysternon, making it sometimes difficult to allocate a specimen to one...
Nomenclature Metopidia oxysternum Gosse, in Hudson & Gosse (1886, v.2., p.107) apparently is an inadvertent error (a lapsus calami). The reference to "Metopidia oxysternon Gosse, 1851 Ann. Nat. Hist., 2 Ser. vol. viii. 1851, p. 201" and use of the correct original spelling "oxysternon" in the caption for fig.8 and on pl. 25 is sufficient evidence that the intention was not to change the name. The specific name "oxysternum" is thus regarded as an incorrect subsequent spelling and as such is not an available name (ICZN, Art.19.1.). [details]
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]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2025). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Lophocharis oxysternon (Gosse, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148355 on 2025-12-02
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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
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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
page(s): v.2, p.107, pl.25, fig.8 [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
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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]
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[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
page(s): v.2, p.107, pl.25, fig.8 [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
page(s): p.201 [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
Nontype ANSP 0070, geounit Wisconsin [details]
Nontype ANSP 0544, geounit Ontario [details]
Nontype ANSP 1535, geounit Los Angeles [details]
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Environment saltwater occurrences include inland saline waters. [details]Habitat Bottom sediments (shallow littoral), and POM; Littoral vegetation (Macrophytes and partly emersed terrestrial plants); Macrophytes (Ceratophyllum, Potamogeton); Macrophytes (Potamogeton pectinatus?); Open water; Open water (tychoplanktonic); Sedges (Carex sp.), 'open water' between plants; Stream bottom: POM (sand, gravel) [details]
Nomenclature Metopidia oxysternum Gosse, in Hudson & Gosse (1886, v.2., p.107) apparently is an inadvertent error (a lapsus calami). The reference to "Metopidia oxysternon Gosse, 1851 Ann. Nat. Hist., 2 Ser. vol. viii. 1851, p. 201" and use of the correct original spelling "oxysternon" in the caption for fig.8 and on pl. 25 is sufficient evidence that the intention was not to change the name. The specific name "oxysternum" is thus regarded as an incorrect subsequent spelling and as such is not an available name (ICZN, Art.19.1.). [details]
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]
