WoRMS taxon details
Trichocerca bicristata (Gosse, 1887)
1796655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1796655)
accepted
Species
Mastigocerca bicristata Gosse, 1887 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rattulus bicristatus (Gosse, 1887) · unaccepted > superseded combination
fresh
(of Mastigocerca bicristata Gosse, 1887) Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twenty-four new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 1-7, pl.1-2, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1887.tb01558.x
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Type locality contained in Scotland
type locality contained in Scotland [details]
Taxonomy • Trichocerca mucosa (Stokes) after Hauer (1956), Shiel & Koste (1992), Trichocerca bicristata var. mucosa (Stokes) after...
Taxonomy • Trichocerca mucosa (Stokes) after Hauer (1956), Shiel & Koste (1992), Trichocerca bicristata var. mucosa (Stokes) after Koste (1978);
not Trichocerca bicristata (Gosse) after Yamamoto (1952) [identity unclear, near T. braziliensis (Murray)?]; Sharma & Sharma (2011) [=Trichocerca rattus f. carinata (Ehrenberg)?].
• For a discussion of the confused taxonomy of T. mucosa (Stokes) - bicristata (Gosse) see Segers (1997). [details]
not Trichocerca bicristata (Gosse) after Yamamoto (1952) [identity unclear, near T. braziliensis (Murray)?]; Sharma & Sharma (2011) [=Trichocerca rattus f. carinata (Ehrenberg)?].
• For a discussion of the confused taxonomy of T. mucosa (Stokes) - bicristata (Gosse) see Segers (1997). [details]
Jersabek, C. D.; Segers H.; Leitner M. (2025). Rotifer World Catalog (RWC). Trichocerca bicristata (Gosse, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1796655 on 2025-12-03
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Nomenclature
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(of Mastigocerca bicristata Gosse, 1887) Gosse, P. H. (1887). Twenty-four new species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 7, 1-7, pl.1-2, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1887.tb01558.x
page(s): p.2, pl.1, fig.5 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype ANSP 0076, geounit New Jersey [details]
Nontype ANSP 0110, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Nontype ANSP 0140, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Nontype ANSP 1849, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Nontype ANSP 1850, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Nontype USNM 39974, geounit Washington [details]
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Taxonomy • Trichocerca mucosa (Stokes) after Hauer (1956), Shiel & Koste (1992), Trichocerca bicristata var. mucosa (Stokes) after Koste (1978); not Trichocerca bicristata (Gosse) after Yamamoto (1952) [identity unclear, near T. braziliensis (Murray)?]; Sharma & Sharma (2011) [=Trichocerca rattus f. carinata (Ehrenberg)?].
• For a discussion of the confused taxonomy of T. mucosa (Stokes) - bicristata (Gosse) see Segers (1997). [details]
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(2 specimens)
