March 2014 Danish marine Gastrotricha (including Greenland and Faroe Islands) By: Tobias Kånneby, Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden This list is based on the following works: Remane (1932; 1951; 1954), Karling (1954), Forneris (1961), Fenchel et al. (1967), Fenchel (1969), Mock (1979), Kristensen & Nørrevang (1982), Ax (1993), Clausen (2004), Todaro et al. (2005), Grilli et al. (2009). Full references at end of document. Phylum Gastrotricha Metchnikoff, 1865 Order Chaetonotida Remane, 1925 [Rao & Clausen, 1970] Suborder Paucitubulatina d’Hondt, 1971 Family Chaetonotidae Gosse, 1864 Subfamily Chaetonotinae Gosse, 1864 Genus Aspidiophorus Voigt, 1903 1. Aspidiophorus mediterraneus Remane, 1927 Rømø Genus Chaetonotus Ehrenberg, 1830 Subgenus Chaetonotus (Schizochaetonotus) Schwank, 1990 2. Chaetonotus (Schizochaetonotus) atrox Wilke, 1954 Rømø Genus Halichaetonotus Remane, 1936 3. Halichaetonotus aculifer (Gerlach, 1953) Faroe bank, Faroe Islands; Norujuk, Greenland; Rømø 4. Halichaetonotus pleuracanthus (Remane, 1926) Vejsnäs Flach 5. Halichaetonotus somniculosus (Mock, 1979) Rømø Genus Heterolepidoderma Remane, 1927 6. Heterolepidoderma caudosquamatum Grilli, Kristensen & Balsamo, 2009 Copenhagen docklands, Copenhagen 1 March 2014 Family Muselliferidae Leasi & Todaro Genus Diuronotos Todaro, Balsamo & Kristensen, 2005 7. Diuronotos aspetos Todaro, Balsamo & Kristensen, 2005 Kiglugassaitsut, Greenland 8. Diuronotus rupperti Todaro, Balsamo & Kristensen, 2005 Läsø Family Xenotrichulidae Remane, 1927 Subfamily Draculiciterinae Ruppert, 1979 Genus Draculiciteria Hummon, 1974 9. Draculiciteria tesselata (Renaud-Mornant, 1968) Rømø Subfamily Xenotrichulinae Remane, 1927 Genus Heteroxenotrichula Wilke, 1954 10. Heteroxenotrichula affinis (Remane, 1934) Rømø 11. Heteroxenotrichula squamosa Wilke, 1954 Rømø Genus Xenotrichula Remane, 1927 12. Xenotrichula intermedia Remane, 1934 Rømø 13. Xenotrichula velox Remane, 1927 Rømø Order Macrodasyida Remane, 1925 [Rao & Clausen, 1970] Family Cephalodasyidae Hummon & Todaro, 2010 Genus Cephalodasys Remane, 1926 14. Cephalodasys maximus Remane, 1926 Alsgarde; Langeland Belt Genus Mesodasys Remane, 1951 2 March 2014 15. Mesodasys laticaudatus Remane, 1951 Vejsnäs Flach Family Dactylopodolidae Strand, 1929 Genus Dactylopodola Strand, 1929 16. Dactylopodola cornuta (Swedmark, 1956) Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands 17. Dactylopodola baltica (Remane, 1926) Langeland Belt; Vejsnäs Flach 18. Dactylopodola typhle (Remane, 1927) Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands; Gustav Flach; Langeland Belt; Vejsnäs Flach Family Lepidodasyidae Remane, 1927 Genus Lepidodasys Remane, 1926 19. Lepidodasys arcolepis Clausen, 2004 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands 20. Lepidodasys castoroides Clausen, 2004 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands 21. Lepidodasys martini Remane, 1926 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands; Langeland Belt; Vejsnäs Flach Family Macrodasyidae Remane, 1926 Genus Macrodasys Remane, 1924 22. Macrodasys buddenbrocki Remane, 1924 Gustav Flach; Langeland Belt; Vejsnäs Flach; Vodrups Flach Genus Urodasys Remane, 1926 23. Urodasys mirabilis Remane, 1926 Vejsnäs Flach; Vodrups Flach Family Thaumastodermatidae Remane, 1927 Subfamily Diplodasyinae Ruppert, 1978 Genus Diplodasys Remane, 1927 3 March 2014 24. Diplodasys ankeli Wilke, 1954 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands Subfamily Thaumastodermatinae Remane, 1927 Genus Oregodasys Hummon, 2008 25. Oregodasys mastigurus Clausen, 1965 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands 26. Oregodasys maximus (Remane, 1927) Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands 27. Oregodasys ocellatus Clausen, 1965 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands Genus Pseudostomella Swedmark, 1956 28. Pseudostomella faroensis Clausen, 2004 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands Genus Ptychostomella Remane, 1926 29. Ptychostomella brachycephala (Lévi, 1954) Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands 30. Ptychostomella higginsi Clausen, 2004 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands 31. Ptychostomella ommatophora Remane, 1927 Langeland Belt 32. Ptychostomella pectinata Remane, 1926 Langeland Belt Genus Tetranchyroderma Remane, 1926 33. Tetranchyroderma faroense Clausen, 2004 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands 34. Tetranchyroderma hystrix Remane, 1926 Gustav Flach; Vejsnäs Flach; Vodrups Flach Genus Thaumastoderma Remane, 1926 4 March 2014 35. Thaumastoderma heideri Remane, 1926 Gustav Flach; Langeland Belt; Vejsnäs Flach 36. Thaumastoderma moebjergi Clausen, 2004 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands; Chlamys Bank, Faroe Islands 37. Thaumastoderma renaudae Kisielewski, 1987 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands Family Turbanellidae Remane, 1927 Genus Paraturbanella Remane, 1927 38. Paraturbanella dohrni Remane, 1927 Langeland Belt Genus Turbanella Schultze, 1853 39. Turbanella cornuta Remane, 1925 Vágar Island, Faroe Islands; Alsgarde; Helsingør; Julbæk 40. Turbanella hyalina Schultze, 1853 Fänö 41. Turbanella lutheri remane, 1952 Stremoy Island, Faroe Islands Family Xenodasyidae Todaro, Guidi, Leasi & Tongiorgi, 2006 Genus Xenodasys Swedmark, 1967 42. Xenodasys sanctigoulveni Swedmark, 1967 Faroe Bank, Faroe Islands References Ax, P. (1993) Turbanella lutheri (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyoida) im Brackwasser der Färöer. Microfauna Marina, 8, 139-144. Clausen, C. (2004) A new species of Acanthodasys (Gastrotricha: Thaumastodermatidae) from the west coast of Norway. Sarsia, 89, 137-141. Fenchel, T. (1969) The ecology of marine microbenthos. IV. Structure and function of the benthic ecosystem, its chemical and physical factors and the microfauna communities with special reference to the ciliated Protozoa. Ophelia, 6: 1-182. 5 March 2014 Fenchel, T., Jansson, B-O. & Thun, W. von (1967). Vertical and horizontal distribution of the metazoan microfauna and of some physical factors in a sandy beach in the northern part of the Øresund. 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