WoRMS taxon details
Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905
142106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142106)
accepted
Family
Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (type by original designation)
Proxenetidae · unaccepted
Proxenetinae Graff, 1882 · unaccepted
Trigonostominae Graff, 1905 · unaccepted
- Genus Beklemischeviella Luther, 1943
- Genus Brederveldia van der Velde & van de Winkel, 1975
- Genus Ceratopera Den Hartog, 1964
- Genus Cryptostiopera Ehlers & Ax, 1974
- Genus Feanora De Clerck & Schockaert, 1995
- Genus Lutheriella Den Hartog, 1966
- Genus Mahurubia Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
- Genus Parapharyngiella Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
- Genus Petaliella Ehlers, 1974
- Genus Proxenetes Jensen, 1878
- Genus Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964
- Genus Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
- Subfamily Astrotorhynchinae Graff, 1905 accepted as Paramesostominae Luther, 1948
- Genus Hyporhynchus Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Nomen oblitum)
- Genus Kylosphaera Jensen, 1878 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
- Subfamily Mariplanellinae Ax & Heller, 1970 accepted as Mariplanellidae Ax & Heller, 1970 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Messoplana Den Hartog, 1966 accepted as Ceratopera Den Hartog, 1964 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Orcus Uljanin, 1870 accepted as Hyporhynchus Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
- Subfamily Proxenetinae Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostominae Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905
- Subfamily Trigonostominae Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 109 [details]
page(s): 109 [details]
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 through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142106 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 109 [details]
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]
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]
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]
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
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page(s): 109 [details]
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]
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]
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]
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
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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 [request]
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]
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
[request]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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Replacing Graff's (1882) Hyporhynchina [details]
