WoRMS name details
Coeloplana (Benthoplana) Fricke & Plante, 1971
559340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559340)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Subgenus
Coeloplana meteoris Thiel, 1968 accepted as Benthoplana meteoris (Thiel, 1968) (type by original designation)
- Species Coeloplana (Benthoplana) meteoris Thiel, 1968 represented as Coeloplana meteoris Thiel, 1968 accepted as Benthoplana meteoris (Thiel, 1968)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fricke, H.W.; Plante, R. (1971). Contribution à l'étude des Cténophores Platycténides de Madagascar : <i>Ctenoplana</i> (<i>Diploctena</i> n.s. gen.) <i>neritica</i> n.sp. et <i>Coeloplana</i> (<i>Benthoplana</i> n.s. gen.) <i>meteoris</i> (Thiel 1968). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 12: 57-75.
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Nomenclature erected as a subgenus
Nomenclature erected as a subgenus [details]
Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Coeloplana (Benthoplana) Fricke & Plante, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559340 on 2025-10-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Fricke, H.W.; Plante, R. (1971). Contribution à l'étude des Cténophores Platycténides de Madagascar : <i>Ctenoplana</i> (<i>Diploctena</i> n.s. gen.) <i>neritica</i> n.sp. et <i>Coeloplana</i> (<i>Benthoplana</i> n.s. gen.) <i>meteoris</i> (Thiel 1968). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 12: 57-75.
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basis of record Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bezio, N.; Paulay, G.; Collins, A. (2025). Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data. <em>Journal of Systematics and Evolution.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70023
note: Reassigned from Coeloplanidae to Benthoplanidae and elevated to genus [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Reassigned from Coeloplanidae to Benthoplanidae and elevated to genus [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P. Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet & M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Nomenclature erected as a subgenus [details]
