WoRMS taxon details
Leptoplana obtusum (Collingwood, 1876)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Collingwood. (1876). On thirty-one species of marine Planarians, collected partly by the late Dr Kelaart F.L.S. at Trincomalee, and partly by D. Collingwood F.L.S. in the Eastern Seas. Trans Linn Soc (2) Zool, 1:83-98 [details] 
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Leptoplana obtusum (Collingwood, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=878879 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Collingwood. (1876). On thirty-one species of marine Planarians, collected partly by the late Dr Kelaart F.L.S. at Trincomalee, and partly by D. Collingwood F.L.S. in the Eastern Seas. Trans Linn Soc (2) Zool, 1:83-98 [details]
basis of record Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
basis of record Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Prudhoe, S. (1985). A monograph on polyclad Turbellaria. British Museum (Natural History), Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 259 p. [details]
