WoRMS name details

Hofstenia beltagii Steinböck, 1966

GIF file

380014  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380014)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (per Hooge et al. 2007. Lack of type material. Diagnostic characters insufficient.)
Species
marine
Steinbock, O. (1966). Die Hofsteniiden (Turbellaria Acoela). Grundsatzliches zur Evolution der Turbellarien. <em>Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung.</em> 4: 58-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1966.tb00494.x [details]   
Type locality contained in Red Sea  
type locality contained in Red Sea [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Hofstenia beltagii Steinböck, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380014 on 2024-07-19
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2009-01-08 09:25:10Z
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2010-06-29 08:36:36Z
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original description Steinbock, O. (1966). Die Hofsteniiden (Turbellaria Acoela). Grundsatzliches zur Evolution der Turbellarien. <em>Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung.</em> 4: 58-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1966.tb00494.x [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

status source Hooge, M.; Wallberg, A.; Todt, C.; Maloy, A.; Jondelius, U.; Tyler, S. (2007). A revision of the systematics of panther worms (Hofstenia spp., Acoela), with notes on color variation and genetic variation within the genus. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 592(1): 439-454., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-0789-0
page(s): 451; note: "The lack of any available type material for H. beltagii precludes us from verifying the validity of this species. The diagnostic characters Steinbock (1966) provides – namely, in the shape of the ...  
"The lack of any available type material for H. beltagii precludes us from verifying the validity of this species. The diagnostic characters Steinbock (1966) provides – namely, in the shape of the male antrum and canal – seem rather weak, since agonistic contraction upon fixation could easily cause such shape differences. He, himself, cautions that the material is poorly preserved and comprises just two sets of sections. In all other characters that Steinbock (1966) mentions (structure of the nervous system and pharynx, arrangement of ovaries and testes) H. beltagii is like H. miamia and H. giselae, and its color is described as mottled brown, also perhaps like that of H. miamia. Lacking type specimens and adequately documented distinguishing features, we declare H. beltagi to be a species inquirenda."
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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