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Rotifer Family Proalidae

47 records found
Bryceella stylata Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view
Bryceella stylata  (Milne, 1886)
Catalog Number: ANSP 1125
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Bryceella tenella  (Bryce, 1897)
Locality: Kintnersville, Bucks Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 12 April 1941  by L.M. Bennetch
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch
Remarks: Specified genus misspelled "Brycella" (sic) and the wrong authority (Wisniewski) named on label.

Bryceella stylata Trophus, lateral view
Trophus, lateral view
Bryceella stylata  (Milne, 1886)
Catalog Number: ANSP 1126
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Bryceella tenella  (Bryce, 1897)
Locality: Kintnersville, Bucks Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 12 April 1941  by L.M. Bennetch
Specimens: 1 trophus
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch
Remarks: Specified genus misspelled "Brycella" (sic) and the wrong authority (Wisniewski) named on label.

Bryceella tenella Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Bryceella tenella  (Bryce, 1897)
Catalog Number: ANSP 915
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Bryceella tenella  (Bryce, 1897)
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 28 August 1940  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: Among Sphagnum sp.
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Specified genus misspelled "Brycella" (sic) on label.

Proales bemata Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view
Proales bemata  Myers, 1933
Catalog Number: ANSP 490
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales bemata  Myers, 1933
Locality: Pond "Witch Hole", Mt Desert Island, Hancock Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Maine
Collected: 15 July 1936  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales bemata Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proales bemata?  Myers, 1933
Catalog Number: ANSP 1741
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales bemata ? Myers, 1933
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 3 July 1941  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales bemata Trophus, dorsal view
Trophus, dorsal view
Proales bemata?  Myers, 1933
Catalog Number: ANSP 1742
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales bemata ? Myers, 1933
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 3 July 1941  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 trophus
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales cognita Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view
Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Catalog Number: ANSP 180
Type Status: PARATYPE
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 23 July 1939  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: Among Sphagnum cuspidatum.
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Specimen's ovary infested with the parasite Sociococcus rotarius Budde. According to Myers (1940: 5-6, pl. 1: figs. 3-4, pl. 2: figs. 6, 13, 14) a type (=holotype) was deposited at the ANSP, but not specifically designated in the publication. This slide is marked "paratype", and further paratypes are deposited at the AMNH (Cat. Nos. 1113 and 1119; 1 trophus and 1 female, resp.). Topotypic material: ANSP 776 (2 trophi), ANSP 1743 (1 female), and ANSP 1744 (2 females).

Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Catalog Number: ANSP 1743
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 3 July 1941  by G.M. Neal
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Topotypic specimen (cf. Myers, 1940: 6).

Proales cognita Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Catalog Number: ANSP 1744
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: No date.  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Topotypic specimens (cf. Myers, 1940: 6).


Proales cognita Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view

Proales cognita Trophi, dorsal (right, manubria detached) and lateral (left) views
Trophi, dorsal (right, manubria detached) and lateral (left) views
Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Catalog Number: ANSP 776
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 26 June 1939  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 2 trophi
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales cognita Female, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view
Proales cognita  Myers, 1940
Catalog Number: ANSP 1754
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales ornata  Myers, 1933
Locality: Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 1939  by L.M. Bennetch
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch
Remarks: Misidentification of specimens.


Proales cognita Female, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view

Proales decipiens Female, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view
Proales decipiens  (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Catalog Number: ANSP 295
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales decipiens  (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Locality: Pond in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 12 May 1926  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 4 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales doliaris  (Rousselet, 1895)
Catalog Number: ANSP 208
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales doliaris  (Rousselet, 1895)
Locality: Sphagnum bog, Atlantic Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , New Jersey
Collected: 2 May 1936  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales doliaris Trophus, ventroapical view
Trophus, ventroapical view
Proales doliaris  (Rousselet, 1895)
Catalog Number: ANSP 607
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales doliaris  (Rousselet, 1895)
Locality: No locality
Country, State/Province: Unknown
Collected: No date.  by Unknown collector
Specimens: 1 trophus
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales doliaris Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proales doliaris  (Rousselet, 1895)
Catalog Number: ANSP 723
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales doliaris  (Rousselet, 1895)
Locality: Tamaque Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 20 August 1939  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 6 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales doliaris  (Rousselet, 1895)
Catalog Number: ANSP 1747
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales doliaris  (Rousselet, 1895)
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 1941  by L.M. Bennetch
Specimens: 6 females
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch
Remarks: Specified species misspelled "dolearis" (sic) on label.

Proales fallaciosa Trophus, ventral view
Trophus, ventral view
Proales fallaciosa  Wulfert, 1937
Catalog Number: ANSP 374
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales decipiens  (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Locality: Naomi Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 28 July 1940  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 5 trophi
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Misidentification of specimen. Preparation also contains one trophus of another species, probably P. sordida (rami with alulae).

Proales fallaciosa Trophus, ventral view
Trophus, ventral view
Proales fallaciosa  Wulfert, 1937
Catalog Number: ANSP 612
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales sordida  Gosse, 1886
Locality: No locality
Country, State/Province: Unknown
Collected: No date.  by Unknown collector
Specimens: 1 trophus
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Misidentification of specimen.

Proales fallaciosa Female, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view
Proales fallaciosa  Wulfert, 1937
Catalog Number: ANSP 1745
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales decipiens  (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Locality: Monocacy Creek, Bethlehem, Northampton Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 1939  by L.M. Bennetch
Specimens: 4 females
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch
Remarks: Misidentification of specimens.


Proales fallaciosa Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view

Proales fallaciosa  Wulfert, 1937
Catalog Number: ANSP 1746
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales decipiens  (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Locality: Monocacy Creek, Bethlehem, Northampton Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 1939  by L.M. Bennetch
Specimens: 4 trophi
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch
Remarks: Misidentification of specimens.

Proales fallaciosa Female, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view
Proales fallaciosa?  Wulfert, 1937
Catalog Number: ANSP 456
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales sordida  Gosse, 1886
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 13 June 1938  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 3 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales fallaciosa?  Wulfert, 1937
Catalog Number: ANSP 1752
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales sordida  Gosse, 1886
Locality: Pond in Bargaintown, Atlantic Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , New Jersey
Collected: 1929  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales gigantea Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view
Proales gigantea  Glasscott, 1893
Catalog Number: ANSP 23
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales gigantea  Glasscott, 1893
Locality: Middlesex
Country, State/Province: United Kingdom , England
Collected: 1906  by C.F. Rousselet
Habitat: Parasitic in eggs of snail Lymnea sp.
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales granulosa  Myers, 1933
Catalog Number: ANSP 969
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales granulosa  Myers, 1933
Locality: Indian Lake, Lackawanna Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 8 June 1941  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 8 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales granulosa Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view
Proales granulosa  Myers, 1933
Catalog Number: ANSP 1753
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales granulosa  Myers, 1933
Locality: Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 1939  by L.M. Bennetch
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch
Remarks: Specified species misspelled "granulosus" (sic) on label.

Proales halophila Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proales halophila?  (Remane, 1929)
Catalog Number: ANSP 316
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales neapolitana  (Daday, 1889)
Locality: Salisbury Cove, Mt Desert Island, Hancock Co. (N-shore)
Country, State/Province: USA , Maine
Collected: 10 August 1930  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: Among algae, marine.
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Original identification doubtful.


Proales halophila Female, lateral view toes
Female, lateral view toes

Proales minima  (Montet, 1915)
Catalog Number: ANSP 597
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales minima  (Montet, 1915)
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 4 August 1941  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: Hygropsammon.
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales minima Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proales minima  (Montet, 1915)
Catalog Number: ANSP 1748
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales minima  (Montet, 1915)
Locality: Long Pond, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 1915  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales palimmeka Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view
Proales palimmeka  Myers, 1940
Catalog Number: ANSP 843
Type Status: PARATYPE
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales palimmeka  Myers, 1940
Locality: Promised Land Lake, Pike Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 15 August 1939  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: Among submerged Sphagnum sp. and algae.
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: According to Myers (1940: 6-7, pl. 1: figs. 6, 7, pl. 2: figs. 15, 17, 19) a type (=holotype) was deposited at the ANSP, but not specifically designated in the publication. This slide is labeled "paratype" and another paratype is deposited at the AMNH (Cat. No. 1114;1 female). Topotypic material: ANSP 848, 1749 (1 trophus each).

Proales palimmeka  Myers, 1940
Catalog Number: ANSP 848
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales palimmeka  Myers, 1940
Locality: Promised Land Lake, Pike Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 15 August 1939  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 trophus
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Topotypic specimen (cf. Myers, 1940: 7).

Proales palimmeka Trophus, ventral view
Trophus, ventral view
Proales palimmeka  Myers, 1940
Catalog Number: ANSP 1749
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales palimmeka  Myers, 1940
Locality: Promised Land Lake, Pike Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 15 August 1939  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 trophus
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Topotypic specimen (cf. Myers, 1940: 7).

Proales parasita <em>Volvox</em>
Volvox
Proales parasita  (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Catalog Number: ANSP 259
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales parasita  (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 27 July 1939  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: Inside colonies of Volvox sp.
Specimens: 12 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales parasita Female, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view
Proales parasita  (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Catalog Number: ANSP 403
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales parasita  (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 17 June 1939  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 3 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers


Proales parasita Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view

Proales parasita  (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Catalog Number: ANSP 1750
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales parasita  (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 1941  by L.M. Bennetch
Habitat: Inside colonies of Volvox sp.
Specimens: 6 females
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch

Proales parasita  (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Catalog Number: ANSP 1751
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales parasita  (Ehrenberg, 1838)
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 14 July 1938  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: Removed from Volvox sp.
Specimens: 3 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales similis  de Beauchamp, 1907
Catalog Number: ANSP 294
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales similis  de Beauchamp, 1907
Locality: Salt ditch, Mullica River, Ocean Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , New Jersey
Collected: 12 June 1935  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proales similis Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proales similis  de Beauchamp, 1907
Catalog Number: ANSP 1755
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales similis  de Beauchamp, 1907
Locality: Longport, Atlantic Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , New Jersey
Collected: 16 October 1922  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: In Fucus sp.
Specimens: 3 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers


Proales similis Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view

Proales sordida  Gosse, 1886
Catalog Number: ANSP 962
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales sordida  Gosse, 1886
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 10 July 1941  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 15+ females
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Specimen presented as feeding on Acroperus harpae (Cladocera).

Proales sordida Trophus, ventral view
Trophus, ventral view
Proales sordida?  Gosse, 1886
Catalog Number: ANSP 374
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proales decipiens  (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Locality: Naomi Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 28 July 1940  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 5 trophi
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Misidentification of specimens. Preparation contains trophi of two species (P. fallaciosa and probably P. sordida [rami with alulae]).

Proalinopsis caudatus Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proalinopsis caudatus  (Collins, 1837)
Catalog Number: ANSP 718
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proalinopsis caudatus  (Collins, 1837)
Locality: Pool, Tobyhanna Creek, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 22 June 1940  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 8 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers


Proalinopsis caudatus Female, ventral view
Female, ventral view

Proalinopsis caudatus  (Collins, 1837)
Catalog Number: ANSP 1758
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proalinopsis caudatus  (Collins, 1837)
Locality: Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 5 July 1939  by L.M. Bennetch
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: L.M. Bennetch

Proalinopsis gracilis  Myers, 1933
Catalog Number: ANSP 350
Type Status: PARATYPE
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proalinopsis gracilis  Myers, 1933
Locality: Pond in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 21 June 1924  by F.J. Myers
Habitat: Among Riccia sp.
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers
Remarks: Repository of holotype not cited by Myers (1933 a: 11-13, fig. 7). Additional paratypes (2 females, from Witch Hole, Mt. Desert Island, Maine) are deposited at the AMNH (Cat. No. 661).

Proalinopsis gracilis Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proalinopsis gracilis  Myers, 1933
Catalog Number: ANSP 1759
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proalinopsis gracilis  Myers, 1933
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 1 June 1940  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proalinopsis squamipes  Hauer, 1935
Catalog Number: ANSP 477
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proalinopsis squamipes  Hauer, 1935
Locality: Sphagnum ditch, Atlantic Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , New Jersey
Collected: 3 December 1940  by L.M. Dorsey
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proalinopsis squamipes Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proalinopsis squamipes  Hauer, 1935
Catalog Number: ANSP 1760
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proalinopsis squamipes  Hauer, 1935
Locality: Sphagnum ditch, Atlantic Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , New Jersey
Collected: 3 December 1940  by L.M. Dorsey
Specimens: 2 females
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proalinopsis staurus  Harring & Myers, 1924
Catalog Number: ANSP 5
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proalinopsis staurus  Harring & Myers, 1924
Locality: Pocono Lake, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 10 June 1939  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers

Proalinopsis staurus Female, lateral view
Female, lateral view
Proalinopsis staurus  Harring & Myers, 1924
Catalog Number: ANSP 1761
Ploimida:Proalidae
Original Identification: Proalinopsis staurus  Harring & Myers, 1924
Locality: Long Pond, Pocono Mts, Monroe Co.
Country, State/Province: USA , Pennsylvania
Collected: 21 July 1941  by F.J. Myers
Specimens: 1 female
Preparator: F.J. Myers

When mentioning this database in a scientific paper please include this citation: Jersabek, C.D., H. Segers, and P.J. Morris, . An illustrated online catalog of the Rotifera in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (version 1.0: 2003-April-8). [WWW database] URL http://rotifer.acnatsci.org/rotifer.php