Marine Species Traits - Proterometra Horsfall, 1934

WoRMS taxon details

Proterometra Horsfall, 1934

AphiaID

725145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:725145)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cercaria macrostoma Faust, 1918 accepted as Proterometra macrostoma (Faust, 1918) Horsfall, 1934 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Azygiinae Lühe, 1909

Direct children (5)

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Species Proterometra catenaria Smith, 1935
Species Proterometra guangzhouensis Lu, 1992
Species Proterometra brachyura Wu, Lu & Zhu, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Proterometra lamellorchis Wu, Lu & Zhu, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Proterometra sillagae Wu, Lu & Zhu, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, fresh

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Horsfall, M. W. (1934). Development of Cercaria macrostoma Faust into Proterometra (nov. gen.) macrostoma. Science, N. Y. 78: 175-176.
page(s): 175 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Proterometrinae Yamaguti, 1958 should comprise Proterometra only.

Taxonomic remark Proterometrinae Yamaguti, 1958 should comprise Proterometra only. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Proterometra Horsfall, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725145 on 2024-10-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-04-16 08:23:45Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2013-08-19 11:40:39Z

checked

Gibson, David

2019-02-21 12:30:38Z

changed

Gibson, David

2019-08-20 17:42:08Z

changed

Gibson, David

2020-01-14 14:43:36Z

changed

Bray, Rod

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original description Horsfall, M. W. (1934). Development of Cercaria macrostoma Faust into Proterometra (nov. gen.) macrostoma. Science, N. Y. 78: 175-176.
page(s): 175 [details]

identification resource Gibson, D. I. (2002). Superfamily Azygioidea Lühe, 1909. In: Gibson, D.I., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. [Eds]. Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1. Wallingford: CAB International. pp. 19–24.
page(s): 21 [details]

identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 61 [details]

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1958). Suborder Azygiata La Rue, 1957. Osnovy Trematodologii. 14, 667-819. (In Russian).
page(s): 758 [details]

From editor or global species database

Taxonomic remark Proterometrinae Yamaguti, 1958 should comprise Proterometra only. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Proterometra)
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