''Ploesoma'' is a genus of
rotifers
The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.
They were first described by Rev. John H ...
belonging to the family
Synchaetidae
Synchaetidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima
Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.
Families
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Ploima includes ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Ploesoma africanum''
Wulfert, 1965
* ''
Ploesoma hudsoni''
(Imhof, 1891)
References
Ploima
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