Synchaetidae

Belongs within: Ploima.

The Synchaetidae are a family of rotifers characterised by a plank-shaped fulcrum, reduced unci, a prominent v-shaped hypopharynx muscle, and stiff sensory setae or palps on the apical field.

SynchaetidaeSG06
    |--Ploesoma [Ploesomidae]SG06
    |    |--P. hudsoniSG06
    |    |--P. sibirica Daday 1901D01
    |    `--P. truncatusSG06
    |--Polyarthra Ehrenberg 1834SG06, R60
    |    |--P. dolichopteraPH10
    |    |--P. longiremisPH10
    |    |--P. minor Voigt 1904R60
    |    |--P. platypteraD01
    |    |--P. remata Skorikov 1896R60
    |    `--P. vulgaris Carlin 1943R60
    `--Synchaeta Ehrenberg 1832R60
         |--S. baltica Ehrb. 1834R60
         |--S. cecilia Rousselet 1902R60
         |--S. fennica Rousselet 1909R60
         |--S. monopus Plate 1889R60
         |--S. oblonga Ehrb. 1832R60
         |--S. pectinata Ehrb. 1832R60
         |--S. tremula (Muller 1786)R60
         |--S. triophthalma Lauterborn 1894R60
         `--S. voraxKF00

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[D01] Daday, E. 1901. Édesvizi mikroszkópi állatok [Mikroskopische Süsswasserthiere]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 375–470. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[KF00] Kristensen, R. M., & P. Funch. 2000. Micrognathozoa: a new class with complicated jaws like those of Rotifera and Gnathostomulida. Journal of Morphology 246: 1–49.

[PH10] Pinder, A. M., S. A. Halse, R. J. Shiel & J. M. McRae. 2010. An arid zone awash with diversity: patterns in the distribution of aquatic invertebrates in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 78 (1): 205–246.

[R60] Russell, C. R. 1960. An index of the Rotatoria of New Zealand and outlying islands from 1859 to 1959. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88 (3): 443–461.

[SG06] Sørensen, M. V., & G. Giribet. 2006. A modern approach to rotiferan phylogeny: combining morphological and molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 585–608.