WoRMS taxon details
Polycystis Kölliker, 1845
142379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142379)
accepted
Genus
Polycystis naegelii Kölliker, 1845 (type by monotypy)
Zuccaria Marcus, 1948 · unaccepted (The two species are now in...)
The two species are now in another genus: one in Polycystis Kölliker, 1845, the other in Paulodora Marcus, 1954
Species Polycystis ali Schockaert, 1982
Species Polycystis australis Willems, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
Species Polycystis californica Artois & Tessens, 2008
Species Polycystis elsae Artois & Tessens, 2008
Species Polycystis gabriellae (Marcus, 1948) Karling, 1952
Species Polycystis hamata Karling, 1986
Species Polycystis naegelii Kölliker, 1845
Species Polycystis orientalis Evdonin, 1968
Species Polycystis assimilis (Levinsen, 1879) Graff, 1913 accepted as Porrocystis assimilis (Levinsen, 1879) Karling, 1952
Species Polycystis contorta Schockaert & Karling, 1975 accepted as Paulodora contorta (Schockaert & Karling, 1975) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis crocea (Fabricius, 1826) Graff, 1905 accepted as Graffiellus croceus (Fabricius, 1826) Hornung, 2016
Species Polycystis dolichocephala (Pereyaslawzewa, 1892) Karling, 1956 accepted as Paulodora dolichocephala (Pereyaslawzewa, 1892) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis felis Marcus, 1954 accepted as Paulodora felis (Marcus, 1954) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis groenlandica (Levinsen, 1879) Graff, 1913 accepted as Graffiellus groenlandicus (Levinsen, 1879) Hornung, 2016
Species Polycystis hibernica Southern, 1936 accepted as Rogneda hibernica (Southern, 1936) Karling, 1953
Species Polycystis ichthyoblabe Kützing, 1845−49 accepted as Microcystis ichthyoblabe (G.Kunze) Kützing, 1843 (Synonym)
Species Polycystis mamertina (Graff, 1874) Graff, 1905 accepted as Progyrator mamertinus (Graff, 1874) Reisinger, 1926
Species Polycystis matarazzoi (Marcus, 1948) Marcus, 1954 accepted as Paulodora matarazzoi Marcus, 1948
Species Polycystis minuta (Uljanin, 1870) Graff, 1905 accepted as Rogneda minuta Uljanin, 1870
Species Polycystis reticulata (Sekera, 1901) Micoletzky, 1910 accepted as Progyrator mamertinus (Graff, 1874) Reisinger, 1926
Species Polycystis riedli Karling, 1956 accepted as Paulodora riedli (Karling, 1956) Artois & Schockaert, 1998 (Synonym)
Species Polycystis steueri Steinböck, 1933 accepted as Rogneda steueri (Steinböck, 1933) Karling, 1953
Species Polycystis subcontorta Schockaert, 1982 accepted as Paulodora subcontorta (Schockaert, 1982) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis tripalmata Beklemischev, 1927 accepted as Rogneda tripalmata (Beklemischev, 1927) Karling, 1953
Species Polycystis yagana Marcus, 1954 accepted as Marcusia yagana (Marcus, 1954) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis georgii Graff, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Only known from the original description, which is difficult to interprete. According to Meixner (1925, p. 335) it is a certain species, but needs further study.)
Species Polycystis immundus (Schmidt, 1857) Graff, 1905 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Described by Schmidt (1857) on one specimen only. Description does not allow identification. Hence the name should best be considered nomen oblitum.)
Species Polycystis intubata Graff, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Only stylet known, which resembles that of some species of Paulodora. According to Meixner (1925, p. 335) it is a certain species, but needs further study, an opinion followed by Schokcaret (1973) and Artois (2001))
Species Polycystis leucophraeus (Fabricius, 1826) Graff, 1905 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Fabricius' (1823) description is the only existing one. It does not allow further identification, hence the name is best to be considered nomen oblitum.)
Species Polycystis papillatus (Mereschkowsky, 1878) Graff, 1905 (uncertain > nomen dubium, To few details on morphology provided by Mereschkowsky to identify the specimen. Would best be considered nomen oblitum.)
Species Polycystis australis Willems, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
Species Polycystis californica Artois & Tessens, 2008
Species Polycystis elsae Artois & Tessens, 2008
Species Polycystis gabriellae (Marcus, 1948) Karling, 1952
Species Polycystis hamata Karling, 1986
Species Polycystis naegelii Kölliker, 1845
Species Polycystis orientalis Evdonin, 1968
Species Polycystis assimilis (Levinsen, 1879) Graff, 1913 accepted as Porrocystis assimilis (Levinsen, 1879) Karling, 1952
Species Polycystis contorta Schockaert & Karling, 1975 accepted as Paulodora contorta (Schockaert & Karling, 1975) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis crocea (Fabricius, 1826) Graff, 1905 accepted as Graffiellus croceus (Fabricius, 1826) Hornung, 2016
Species Polycystis dolichocephala (Pereyaslawzewa, 1892) Karling, 1956 accepted as Paulodora dolichocephala (Pereyaslawzewa, 1892) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis felis Marcus, 1954 accepted as Paulodora felis (Marcus, 1954) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis groenlandica (Levinsen, 1879) Graff, 1913 accepted as Graffiellus groenlandicus (Levinsen, 1879) Hornung, 2016
Species Polycystis hibernica Southern, 1936 accepted as Rogneda hibernica (Southern, 1936) Karling, 1953
Species Polycystis ichthyoblabe Kützing, 1845−49 accepted as Microcystis ichthyoblabe (G.Kunze) Kützing, 1843 (Synonym)
Species Polycystis mamertina (Graff, 1874) Graff, 1905 accepted as Progyrator mamertinus (Graff, 1874) Reisinger, 1926
Species Polycystis matarazzoi (Marcus, 1948) Marcus, 1954 accepted as Paulodora matarazzoi Marcus, 1948
Species Polycystis minuta (Uljanin, 1870) Graff, 1905 accepted as Rogneda minuta Uljanin, 1870
Species Polycystis reticulata (Sekera, 1901) Micoletzky, 1910 accepted as Progyrator mamertinus (Graff, 1874) Reisinger, 1926
Species Polycystis riedli Karling, 1956 accepted as Paulodora riedli (Karling, 1956) Artois & Schockaert, 1998 (Synonym)
Species Polycystis steueri Steinböck, 1933 accepted as Rogneda steueri (Steinböck, 1933) Karling, 1953
Species Polycystis subcontorta Schockaert, 1982 accepted as Paulodora subcontorta (Schockaert, 1982) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis tripalmata Beklemischev, 1927 accepted as Rogneda tripalmata (Beklemischev, 1927) Karling, 1953
Species Polycystis yagana Marcus, 1954 accepted as Marcusia yagana (Marcus, 1954) Artois & Schockaert, 1998
Species Polycystis georgii Graff, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Only known from the original description, which is difficult to interprete. According to Meixner (1925, p. 335) it is a certain species, but needs further study.)
Species Polycystis immundus (Schmidt, 1857) Graff, 1905 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Described by Schmidt (1857) on one specimen only. Description does not allow identification. Hence the name should best be considered nomen oblitum.)
Species Polycystis intubata Graff, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Only stylet known, which resembles that of some species of Paulodora. According to Meixner (1925, p. 335) it is a certain species, but needs further study, an opinion followed by Schokcaret (1973) and Artois (2001))
Species Polycystis leucophraeus (Fabricius, 1826) Graff, 1905 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Fabricius' (1823) description is the only existing one. It does not allow further identification, hence the name is best to be considered nomen oblitum.)
Species Polycystis papillatus (Mereschkowsky, 1878) Graff, 1905 (uncertain > nomen dubium, To few details on morphology provided by Mereschkowsky to identify the specimen. Would best be considered nomen oblitum.)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Kölliker, A. (1845). Lineola, Choraima, Polycystis, neue Wurmgattungen und neue Arten von Nemertes. Verhandl. d. schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft bei ihrer 29. Vers. zu Chur 1844, Chur 1845, 8, pp 96-98. [details]
Nomenclature Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus...
Nomenclature Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus before this date and which still were considered to belong to Macrorhynchus in 1905, therefore, are formally transferred to Polycystis by this act. [details]
WoRMS (2023). Polycystis Kölliker, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142379 on 2023-10-03
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original description
Kölliker, A. (1845). Lineola, Choraima, Polycystis, neue Wurmgattungen und neue Arten von Nemertes. Verhandl. d. schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft bei ihrer 29. Vers. zu Chur 1844, Chur 1845, 8, pp 96-98. [details]
original description (of Zuccaria Marcus, 1948) Marcus, E. (1948). Turbellaria do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia Cienciase Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo Zoologia.</em> 13: 111-243. [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
additional source Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 119; note: Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus before this date and which still were considered to belong to Macrorhynchus in 190... [details] 
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Zuccaria Marcus, 1948) Marcus, E. (1948). Turbellaria do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia Cienciase Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo Zoologia.</em> 13: 111-243. [details] Available for editors
[request] 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
[request] additional source Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 119; note: Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus before this date and which still were considered to belong to Macrorhynchus in 190...
Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus before this date and which still were considered to belong to Macrorhynchus in 1905, therefore, are formally transferred to Polycystis by this act.
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Nomenclature Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus before this date and which still were considered to belong to Macrorhynchus in 1905, therefore, are formally transferred to Polycystis by this act. [details]
