WoRMS taxon details

Foviella affinis (Ørsted, 1843)

143650  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143650)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Planaria affinis Ørsted, 1843) Örsted, A.S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8):519-581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pdf4/096962500019563.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy and Cobscook Bay  
Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy and Cobscook Bay [details]

Taxonomy Class: Acoelomorpha, Order: Seriata, Suborder: Tricladida, Infraorder: Maricola, Superfamily: Bdellouroidea, Family:...  
Taxonomy Class: Acoelomorpha, Order: Seriata, Suborder: Tricladida, Infraorder: Maricola, Superfamily: Bdellouroidea, Family: Uteriporidae, and Subfamily: Uteriporinae according to Trott (2004). [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Foviella affinis (Ørsted, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143650 on 2024-04-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description  (of Planaria affinis Ørsted, 1843) Örsted, A.S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8):519-581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pdf4/096962500019563.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Procerodes littoralis Van Beneden, 1860) Beneden, P.J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la Faune littorale de Belgique - Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56. With 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Procerodes grisea Verril, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Planaria hebes Dalyell, 1852) Dalyell, J.G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator displayed in the Creation: or, observations on life amidst the various forms of the humbler tribes of animated nature with practical comments and illustrations. <em>van Voorst, London.</em> 2 pp.359. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Authority (Oersted, 1843) [details]

Diet generally, most turbellarians are carnivorous or are scavengers on dead animal tissue [details]

Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy and Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Reproduction hermaphroditic yet self-fertilization is uncommon [details]

Taxonomy Class: Acoelomorpha, Order: Seriata, Suborder: Tricladida, Infraorder: Maricola, Superfamily: Bdellouroidea, Family: Uteriporidae, and Subfamily: Uteriporinae according to Trott (2004). [details]