WoRMS name details
Pleuromma Claus, 1863
347801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347801)
unaccepted ((pre-occupied name for an arachnid spider by Doneschall, 1862, Giesbrecht 1898 proposed the replacement name Pleuromamma))
Genus
Pleuromma gracile Claus, 1863 accepted as Pleuromamma gracile Claus, 1863 accepted as Pleuromamma gracilis Claus, 1863 represented as Pleuromamma gracilis gracilis Claus, 1863 (type by original designation)
- Species Pleuromma abdominale Claus, 1863 accepted as Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock, 1856) represented as Pleuromamma abdominalis abdominalis (Lubbock, 1856) (pre-occupied name for an arachnid spider by Doneschall, 1862, Giesbrecht 1898 proposed the replacement name Pleuromamma)
- Species Pleuromma armatum Pouchet & Guerne, 1887 accepted as Pleuromamma armata Pouchet & Guerne, 1887 (synonym)
- Species Pleuromma boreale Dahl F., 1893 accepted as Pleuromamma boreale Dahl F., 1893 accepted as Pleuromamma borealis Dahl F., 1893 (synonym)
- Species Pleuromma gracile Claus, 1863 accepted as Pleuromamma gracile Claus, 1863 accepted as Pleuromamma gracilis Claus, 1863 represented as Pleuromamma gracilis gracilis Claus, 1863 (synonym)
- Species Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894 accepted as Pleuromamma princeps (Scott T., 1894) accepted as Gaussia princeps (Scott T., 1894) (synonym)
- Species Pleuromma quadrungulatum Dahl F., 1893 accepted as Pleuromamma quadrungulata (Dahl F., 1893) accepted as Pleuromamma quadrungulata quadrungulata (Dahl F., 1893) (synonym)
- Species Pleuromma robustum Dahl F., 1893 accepted as Pleuromamma robusta (Dahl F., 1893) represented as Pleuromamma robusta robusta (Dahl F., 1893) (synonym)
- Species Pleuromma xiphias Giesbrecht, 1889 accepted as Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pleuromma Claus, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347801 on 2025-07-20
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Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] 