Turbellarians taxon details

Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905

142106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142106)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Rhabdocoela (Order)
  6. Dalytyphloplanida (Suborder)
  7. Neotyphloplanida (Infraorder)
  8. Thalassotyphloplanida (Parvorder)
  9. Trigonostomidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (type by original designation)
Thalassotyphloplanida
Proxenetidae · unaccepted

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  1. Genus Beklemischeviella Luther, 1943
  2. Genus Brederveldia van der Velde & van de Winkel, 1975
  3. Genus Ceratopera Den Hartog, 1964
  4. Genus Cryptostiopera Ehlers & Ax, 1974
  5. Genus Feanora De Clerck & Schockaert, 1995
  6. Genus Lutheriella Den Hartog, 1966
  7. Genus Mahurubia Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
  8. Genus Parapharyngiella Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
  9. Genus Petaliella Ehlers, 1974
  10. Genus Proxenetes Jensen, 1878
  11. Genus Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964
  12. Genus Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
  13. Subfamily Astrotorhynchinae Graff, 1905 accepted as Paramesostominae Luther, 1948
  14. Genus Beklemisheviella accepted as Beklemischeviella Luther, 1943 (Literature misspelling by Faubel & Noreña (2001))
  15. Genus Hyporcus Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (nomen oblitum)
  16. Genus Hyporhynchus Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Nomen oblitum)
  17. Genus Kylosphaera Jensen, 1878 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
  18. Subfamily Mariplanellinae Ax & Heller, 1970 accepted as Mariplanellidae Ax & Heller, 1970 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  19. Genus Mesoplana accepted as Messoplana Den Hartog, 1966 accepted as Ceratopera Den Hartog, 1964 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  20. Genus Messoplana Den Hartog, 1966 accepted as Ceratopera Den Hartog, 1964 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Genus Orcus Uljanin, 1870 accepted as Hyporhynchus Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
  22. Subfamily Proxenetinae Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostominae Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905
  23. Genus Ptychoptera accepted as Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Literature misspelling by Dittmann & Reise (1985), Schockaert & Martens (1985) and Noreña et al. (2003))
  24. Genus Spiroclytus Schmidt, 1857 accepted as Hyporhynchus Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Schmidt (1857) proposes this as a replacement name for Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852, for etymological reasons. This is not according to the rules of ICZN, zo Spiroclytus stays a junior synonym of Trigonostomum.)
  25. Subfamily Trigonostominae Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905
  26. Genus Woodsholia Graff, 1911 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. II. Rhabdocoela. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 109 [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomic remark Replacing Graff's (1882) Hyporhynchina  
Taxonomic remark Replacing Graff's (1882) Hyporhynchina [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142106 on 2026-07-06
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Faubel, Anno
2010-06-15 07:03:37Z
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Tyler, Seth
2015-09-18 14:32:37Z
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Artois, Tom
2023-10-26 11:32:47Z
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Artois, Tom

original description Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. II. Rhabdocoela. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 109 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Trigonostominae Graff, 1905) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Proxenetinae Graff, 1882) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 204; note: here spelled as "Proxenetina" [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Proxenetidae) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
note: Here as a subfamily Proxinetina(e). According to Art. 50.3 of ICZN, the authorship stays unchanged. [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source (of Proxenetidae) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. II. Rhabdocoela. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 83 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source (of Proxenetinae Graff, 1882) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. II. Rhabdocoela. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 83 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Velásquez-Rodriguez, K.; Reyes, J.; Van Steenkiste, N. ; Severino, R.; Brusa, F. (2023). First records of marine microturbellarians (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela, Fecampiida and Prolecithophora) from Peru, with the description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5258(5): 501-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5258.5.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Proxenetinae Graff, 1882) 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 (of Trigonostominae Graff, 1905) 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] 

additional source (of Proxenetinae Graff, 1882) Luther, A. (1948). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. VII. Über einige marine Dalyellioida. VIII. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Typhloplanoida. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica.</em> 55:1-122., available online at https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/36950
page(s): 36, 63 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy (of Proxenetinae Graff, 1882) Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences.</em> 67: 371-407.
page(s): 374 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

status source (of Trigonostominae Graff, 1905) Luther, A. (1948). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. VII. Über einige marine Dalyellioida. VIII. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Typhloplanoida. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica.</em> 55:1-122., available online at https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/36950 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

status source (of Trigonostominae Graff, 1905) Diez, Y. L.; Monnens, M.; Wuyts, A.; Brendonck, L.; Reygel, P.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Artois, T. (2023). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Dalytyphloplanida Willems et al., 2006 (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela), with the description of a new family, a new genus, and sixteen new species from Cuba and Panama. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-023-00623-w [details] Available for editors  PDF available

status source (of Proxenetidae) Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 180 [details] OpenAccess publication

status source (of Trigonostominae Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. II. Rhabdocoela. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 109; note: As Trigonostomidae [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Taxonomic remark Replacing Graff's (1882) Hyporhynchina [details]
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