Turbellarians taxon details

Notoplana Laidlaw, 1903

142231  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142231)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Polycladida (Order)
  6. Acotylea (Suborder)
  7. Leptoplanoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Notoplanidae (Family)
  9. Notoplana (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Dioncus Stimpson, 1855 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Persica Maghsoudlou, Bulnes & Rahimian, 2015 · unaccepted (the sole species, Persica...)  
the sole species, Persica qeshmensis, groups with Notoplana in 28S rDNA cladogram

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  1. Species Notoplana alcinoi (Schmidt, 1862)
  2. Species Notoplana annula Marcus & Marcus, 1968
  3. Species Notoplana atlantica (Plehn, 1896)
  4. Species Notoplana atomata (Müller OF, 1776)
  5. Species Notoplana australis (Schmarda, 1859)
  6. Species Notoplana comes Cannon & Grygier, 1991
  7. Species Notoplana cotylifera Meixner, 1907
  8. Species Notoplana delicata (Jacubowa, 1906)
  9. Species Notoplana divae Marcus, 1948
  10. Species Notoplana dubia (Schmarda, 1859)
  11. Species Notoplana felis Rodriguez, Hutchings & Williamson, 2021
  12. Species Notoplana haloglena (Schmarda, 1859)
  13. Species Notoplana igiliensis Galleni, 1974
  14. Species Notoplana inquilina Hyman, 1955
  15. Species Notoplana insularis Hyman, 1939
  16. Species Notoplana kuekenthali (Plehn, 1896)
  17. Species Notoplana longastyletta (Freeman, 1933)
  18. Species Notoplana longicrumena Prudhoe, 1982
  19. Species Notoplana longiducta Hyman, 1959
  20. Species Notoplana micheli Marcus, 1949
  21. Species Notoplana micronesiana Hyman, 1959
  22. Species Notoplana parvula Palombi, 1923
  23. Species Notoplana pegnis Nicoli, 1834
  24. Species Notoplana plecta Marcus, 1947
  25. Species Notoplana puma Marcus, 1954
  26. Species Notoplana qeshmensis (Maghsoudlou, Bulnes & Rahimian, 2015)
  27. Species Notoplana queruca Marcus & Marcus, 1968
  28. Species Notoplana sanpedrensis Freeman, 1930
  29. Species Notoplana sawayai Marcus, 1947
  30. Species Notoplana serica Kato, 1938
  31. Species Notoplana stilifera Bock, 1923
  32. Species Notoplana suteri (Jacubowa, 1906)
  33. Species Notoplana tipuca (Marcus & Marcus, 1968)
  34. Species Notoplana vitrea (Lang, 1884)
  35. Species Notoplana willeyi Jacubowa, 1906
  36. Species Notoplana similis Dawydoff, 1952 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Text error mentioning a Stimpson species, possibly intended to be Notoplana humilis Stimpson 1857)
  37. Species Notoplana acticola (Boone, 1929) Hyman, 1953 accepted as Notocomplana acticola (Boone, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Notoplana atlantica Bock, 1913 accepted as Notoplana atlantica (Plehn, 1896)
  39. Species Notoplana australis (Laidlaw, 1904) accepted as Notoplana australis (Schmarda, 1859)
  40. Species Notoplana bahamensis Bock, 1913 accepted as Melloplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Notocomplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859)
  41. Species Notoplana binoculata (Verrill, 1901) accepted as Melloplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Notocomplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859)
  42. Species Notoplana caribbeana Hyman, 1939 accepted as Melloplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Notocomplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859)
  43. Species Notoplana celeris Freeman, 1933 accepted as Notocomplana celeris (Freeman, 1933)
  44. Species Notoplana chierchiae (Plehn, 1896) accepted as Notocomplana chierchiae (Plehn, 1896)
  45. Species Notoplana delicata Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918 accepted as Pleioplana delicata (Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918)
  46. Species Notoplana distincta Prudhoe, 1982 accepted as Notocomplana distincta (Prudhoe, 1982) Rodriguez, Hutchings & Williamson, 2021
  47. Species Notoplana erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Notocomplana erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1859)
  48. Species Notoplana evansii Laidlaw, 1903 accepted as Notoplana dubia (Schmarda, 1859)
  49. Species Notoplana fallax (Quatrefage, 1845) accepted as Pleioplana atomata (Müller OF, 1776) accepted as Notoplana atomata (Müller OF, 1776)
  50. Species Notoplana ferruginea Schmarda, 1859 accepted as Melloplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Notocomplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859)
  51. Species Notoplana gardineri (Laidlaw, 1904) accepted as Notocomplana gardineri (Laidlaw, 1904)
  52. Species Notoplana humilis (Stimpson, 1857) accepted as Notocomplana humilis (Stimpson, 1857)
  53. Species Notoplana inquieta Freeman, 1933 accepted as Stylochoplana chloranota (Boone, 1929)
  54. Species Notoplana inquieta (Heath & McGregor, 1912) accepted as Pleioplana inquieta (Heath & McGregor, 1912)
  55. Species Notoplana japonica Kato, 1937 accepted as Melloplana japonica (Kato, 1937) accepted as Notocomplana japonica (Kato, 1937)
  56. Species Notoplana koreana Kato, 1937 accepted as Notocomplana koreana (Kato, 1937)
  57. Species Notoplana lactoalba (Verrill, 1900) accepted as Armatoplana lactoalba (Verrill, 1900)
  58. Species Notoplana lapunda Du Bois-Reymond Marcus & Marcus, 1968 accepted as Notocomplana lapunda (Du Bois-reymond Marcus & Marcus, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  59. Species Notoplana libera Kato, 1939 accepted as Notocomplana libera (Kato, 1939)
  60. Species Notoplana longisaccata Hyman, 1959 accepted as Notocomplana longisaccata (Hyman, 1959)
  61. Species Notoplana longisaccati Hyman, 1959 accepted as Notocomplana longisaccata (Hyman, 1959)
  62. Species Notoplana martae Marcus, 1948 accepted as Notocomplana martae (Marcus, 1948)
  63. Species Notoplana megala Marcus, 1952 accepted as Pleioplana megala (Marcus, 1952) accepted as Laqueusplana megala Rodríguez, Grande, Bulnes, Almon, Perez & Noreña, 2017
  64. Species Notoplana microsora (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Notocomplana microsora (Schmarda, 1859)
  65. Species Notoplana mortenseni Bock, 1913 accepted as Pleioplana mortenseni (Bock, 1913)
  66. Species Notoplana natans Freeman, 1933 accepted as Notocomplana natans (Freeman, 1933)
  67. Species Notoplana nationalis (Plehn, 1896) accepted as Notoplehnia nationalis (Plehn, 1896)
  68. Species Notoplana otophora (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Notocomplana otophora (Schmarda, 1859)
  69. Species Notoplana ovalis Bock, 1913 accepted as Notocomplana erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1859)
  70. Species Notoplana palaoensis Kato, 1943 accepted as Notocomplana palaoensis (Kato, 1943)
  71. Species Notoplana palta Marcus, 1954 accepted as Notocomplana palta (Marcus, 1954)
  72. Species Notoplana patellarum (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Notocomplana erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1859)
  73. Species Notoplana plehni (Bock, 1913) accepted as Pleioplana californica (Plehn, 1898)
  74. Species Notoplana robusta Palombi, 1928 accepted as Armatoplana robusta (Palombi, 1928)
  75. Species Notoplana rugulosa Hagiya, 1992 accepted as Notocomplana rugulosa (Hagiya, 1992) Lopez-Marquez, Puente, Miller, Gutierrez & Noreña, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  76. Species Notoplana rupicola (Heath & McGregor, 1912) accepted as Notocomplana rupicola (Heath & McGregor, 1912)
  77. Species Notoplana sanguinea Freeman, 1933 accepted as Notocomplana sanguinea (Freeman, 1933)
  78. Species Notoplana sanjuania Freeman, 1933 accepted as Notocomplana sanjuania (Freeman, 1933)
  79. Species Notoplana saxicola (Heath & McGregor, 1912) accepted as Notocomplana saxicola (Heath & McGregor, 1912)
  80. Species Notoplana sciophila (Boone, 1929) accepted as Notocomplana sciophila (Boone, 1929)
  81. Species Notoplana segnis Freeman, 1933 accepted as Notocomplana litoricola (Heath & McGregor, 1912)
  82. Species Notoplana septentrionalis Kato, 1937 accepted as Notocomplana septentrionalis (Kato, 1937)
  83. Species Notoplana sophia Kato, 1939 accepted as Notocomplana sophia (Kato, 1939)
  84. Species Notoplana syntoma Marcus, 1947 accepted as Notocomplana syntoma (Marcus, 1947)
  85. Species Notoplana tavoyensis Prudhoe, 1950 accepted as Notocomplana tavoyensis (Prudhoe, 1950)
  86. Species Notoplana timida (Heath & McGregor, 1912) accepted as Notocomplana timida (Heath & McGregor, 1912)
  87. Species Notoplana virilis (Verrill, 1893) accepted as Pleioplana atomata (Müller OF, 1776) accepted as Notoplana atomata (Müller OF, 1776)
marine
Laidlaw, F. F. (1903). On a collection of Turbellaria Polycladida from the Straits of Malacca. (Skeat Expedition 1899-1900). Proc Zool Soc London, 1903:301-318
page(s): 301, 302, 305 [details] 
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Notoplana Laidlaw, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142231 on 2026-04-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Faubel, Anno
2005-07-12 10:18:48Z
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Braeckman, Ulrike
2010-06-17 13:06:02Z
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Tyler, Seth

original description Laidlaw, F. F. (1903). On a collection of Turbellaria Polycladida from the Straits of Malacca. (Skeat Expedition 1899-1900). Proc Zool Soc London, 1903:301-318
page(s): 301, 302, 305 [details] 

original description (of Opisthoporus Minot, 1877) Minot, C. S. (1876-1877). Studien an Turbellarien. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Plathelminthen. Arbeiten Zool.-Zoot. Inst. Würzburg, III. Bd. Hamburg. Arb Zool-Zoot Inst Wurzburg, 3:405-471, Fig 16-20 [details] 

original description (of Dioncus Stimpson, 1855) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499
page(s): 389 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Igluta Marcus & Marcus, 1968) Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, E; Marcus, E. (1968). Polycladida from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands,.</em> 101: 1-134.
page(s): 18-19 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Persica Maghsoudlou, Bulnes & Rahimian, 2015) Maghsoudlou, A.; Bulnes, V.; Rahimian, H. (2015). Persica qeshmensis gen. nov. sp. nov from the Persian Gulf (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Acotylea), with remarks on reproductive structures. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> Volume:49 Issue:25-26 Pages:1477-1491., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006278
page(s): 1480 [details] 

basis of record 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

additional source 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 Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details] 

source of synonymy (of Persica Maghsoudlou, Bulnes & Rahimian, 2015) Litvaitis, M. K.; Bolaños, D. M.; Quiroga, S. Y. (2019). Systematic congruence in Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora): are DNA and morphology telling the same story?. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 186: 865–891., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz007
page(s): 13, 24 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Japanese ウスヒラムシ属  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptocera) (from synonym Leptocera Jacubowa, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notoplana) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opisthoporus) (from synonym Opisthoporus Minot, 1877)
To Genbank 
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Opisthoporus Minot, 1877)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Dioncus Stimpson, 1855)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Igluta Marcus & Marcus, 1968)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Leptocera Jacubowa, 1906)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Persica Maghsoudlou, Bulnes & Rahimian, 2015)
To ITIS
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