Turbellarians taxon details

Plagiostomum Schmidt, 1852

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142260 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142260)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Prolecithophora (Order)
  6. Plagiostomidae (Family)
  7. Plagiostomum (Genus)
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Genus
Akamptostoma Riedl, 1959 · unaccepted (suppressed)
Plagiostoma Schmidt, 1852 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Plagistoma · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Rhabdostoma Girard, 1893 · unaccepted (nomen oblitum)

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  1. Subgenus Plagiostomum (Plagiostomum) Schmidt, 1852
    1. Species Plagiostomum (Plagiostomum) caudatum Kulinitch, 1974
    2. Species Plagiostomum (Plagiostomum) girardi Kulinitch, 1974
    3. Species Plagiostomum (Plagiostomum) vittatum Kulinitch, 1974
  2. Subgenus Plagiostomum (Plicastoma) Graff, 1904-08
    1. Species Plagiostomum (Plicastoma) bimaculatum (Graff, 1882)
  3. Species Plagiostomum abboti Karling, 1962
  4. Species Plagiostomum achromaticum Mahan, 1946
  5. Species Plagiostomum acoluthum Marcus, 1948
  6. Species Plagiostomum aestuarium Wang & Wang, 2025
  7. Species Plagiostomum album Hyman, 1938
  8. Species Plagiostomum anocelis Brandtner, 1934
  9. Species Plagiostomum anthracinum Kulinitch, 1978
  10. Species Plagiostomum autectum Marcus, 1948
  11. Species Plagiostomum benedeni (Schmidt, 1852)
  12. Species Plagiostomum boehmigi Karling & Jondelius, 1995
  13. Species Plagiostomum brandtneri Kulinitch, 1980
  14. Species Plagiostomum caecum Bohmig, 1914
  15. Species Plagiostomum caspicum Grimm, 1876
  16. Species Plagiostomum caudatum Levinsen, 1879
  17. Species Plagiostomum chinoecetis Brandtner, 1934
  18. Species Plagiostomum chromogastrum Graff, 1890
  19. Species Plagiostomum cilioejaculator Brusa, 2006
  20. Species Plagiostomum clusum Marcus, 1951
  21. Species Plagiostomum cuticulata (Brandtner, 1934) Kulinitch, 1980
  22. Species Plagiostomum cuticulatum (Brandtner, 1934) Kulinich, 1980
  23. Species Plagiostomum dahlgreni Kepner, Stirewalt & Ferguson, 1941
  24. Species Plagiostomum drygalskii Bohmig, 1914
  25. Species Plagiostomum elachisterum (Marcus, 1948)
  26. Species Plagiostomum elongatum Gamble, 1893
  27. Species Plagiostomum evelinae Marcus, 1946
  28. Species Plagiostomum fabrei Fuhrmann, 1896
  29. Species Plagiostomum falklandicum Westblad, 1952
  30. Species Plagiostomum filicauda Westblad, 1956
  31. Species Plagiostomum flavum Brandtner, 1934
  32. Species Plagiostomum gibbum Noren, 2004
  33. Species Plagiostomum giganteum Sluys, 1992
  34. Species Plagiostomum girardi (Schmidt, 1857)
  35. Species Plagiostomum hartmani Karling, 1962
  36. Species Plagiostomum hartmeyeri Weiss, 1909
  37. Species Plagiostomum hedgpethi Karling, 1962
  38. Species Plagiostomum koreni Jensen, 1878
  39. Species Plagiostomum kurrum Marcus, 1951
  40. Species Plagiostomum lacustre Baylis, 1927
  41. Species Plagiostomum langi Karling, 1962
  42. Species Plagiostomum lapinum Marcus, 1952
  43. Species Plagiostomum lemani Forel & Du Plessis, 1874
  44. Species Plagiostomum lobatum Kulinitch, 1979
  45. Species Plagiostomum lutile Noren, 2004
  46. Species Plagiostomum maculatum Graff, 1882
  47. Species Plagiostomum makroposthia Brandtner, 1934
  48. Species Plagiostomum mamkaevi Kulinitch, 1978
  49. Species Plagiostomum meledanum Graff, 1911
  50. Species Plagiostomum mikropharynx An der Lan, 1936
  51. Species Plagiostomum morgani Graff, 1911
  52. Species Plagiostomum nanhaiensis Feng, Zhang, Tao, Sun & Wang, 2025
  53. Species Plagiostomum nonatoi Marcus, 1948
  54. Species Plagiostomum norvegicum (Karling, 1940)
  55. Species Plagiostomum nostrum Westblad, 1956
  56. Species Plagiostomum nucleipharyngeum Karling & Jondelius, 1995
  57. Species Plagiostomum ochroleucum Graff, 1882
  58. Species Plagiostomum opisthogonimum Reisinger, 1926
  59. Species Plagiostomum paradoxum An Der Lan, 1936
  60. Species Plagiostomum parasitorum Brandtner, 1934
  61. Species Plagiostomum personatum Noren, 2004
  62. Species Plagiostomum petrophilum Brandtner, 1934
  63. Species Plagiostomum philippinense Graff, 1882
  64. Species Plagiostomum plagae Feng, Zhang, Tao, Sun & Wang, 2025
  65. Species Plagiostomum porsildi Brandtner, 1934
  66. Species Plagiostomum providensiensis Kulinitch, 1970
  67. Species Plagiostomum pseudomaculatum (Gamble, 1893)
  68. Species Plagiostomum quadrioculatum Zacharias, 1894
  69. Species Plagiostomum remanei Marcus, 1954
  70. Species Plagiostomum reticulatum (Schmidt, 1852)
  71. Species Plagiostomum robusta Wang, 2024
  72. Species Plagiostomum rovignense An Der Lan, 1936
  73. Species Plagiostomum sagax Marcus, 1951
  74. Species Plagiostomum sagitta (Uljanin, 1870)
  75. Species Plagiostomum sorrentinum Riedl, 1954
  76. Species Plagiostomum spongophilum (Riedl, 1959)
  77. Species Plagiostomum stellatum Graff, 1911
  78. Species Plagiostomum striatum Westblad, 1956
  79. Species Plagiostomum sulphureum Graff, 1882
  80. Species Plagiostomum thelotrichum Marcus, 1951
  81. Species Plagiostomum torquatum Karling, 1940
  82. Species Plagiostomum violaceum Fuhrmann, 1896
  83. Species Plagiostomum vittatum (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) Jenssen, 1878
  84. Species Plagiostomum vorax Brandtner, 1934
  85. Species Plagiostomum whitmani Graff, 1911
  86. Species Plagiostomum wilsoni Graff, 1911
  87. Species Plagiostomum xenophilum Riedl, 1959
  88. Species Plagiostomum funebris Uljanin, 1870 (uncertain > nomen dubium, nomen dubium)
  89. Species Plagiostomum planum Silliman, 1885 (uncertain > nomen dubium, nomen dubium)
  90. Species Plagiostomum anocelis Westblad, 1956 accepted as Plagiostomum brandtneri Kulinitch, 1980
  91. Species Plagiostomum arcticum Brandtner, 1934 accepted as Plagiostomum koreni Jensen, 1878
  92. Species Plagiostomum bimaculatum Graff, 1882 accepted as Plicastoma bimaculatum (Graff, 1908)
  93. Species Plagiostomum birmanse Westblad, 1956 accepted as Multipeniata (Multipeniata) birmanse (Westblad, 1956)
  94. Species Plagiostomum boreale Schmidt, 1852 accepted as Plagiostomum vittatum (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) Jenssen, 1878
  95. Species Plagiostomum cavernae Riedl, 1959 accepted as Plicastoma cavernae Riedl, 1959
  96. Species Plagiostomum chionoecetis Marcus, 1948 accepted as Plagiostomum chinoecetis Brandtner, 1934
  97. Species Plagiostomum cinctum Meixner, 1938 accepted as Plagiostomum album Hyman, 1938 (Synonimized by Westblad (1956). See also Hyman (1964))
  98. Species Plagiostomum cospicum Graff, 1882 accepted as Plagiostomum caspicum Grimm, 1876 (nomen dubium)
  99. Species Plagiostomum dioicum (Mecznikow, 1865) accepted as Acmostomum dioicum Metschnikoff, 1865
  100. Species Plagiostomum fasciatum Kulinitch, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
  101. Species Plagiostomum groenlandicum (Levinsen, 1879) accepted as Plagiostomum girardi groenlandica Brandtner, 1934
  102. Species Plagiostomum haploposthia Marcus, 1948 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
  103. Species Plagiostomum hymani Karling, 1962 accepted as Plagiostomum girardi hymani (Karling, 1962)
  104. Species Plagiostomum karlingi Kulinitch, 1970 accepted as Plicastoma karlingi Kulinitch, 1970
  105. Species Plagiostomum lutheri Bohmig, 1914 accepted as Plicastoma lutheri (Bohmig, 1914)
  106. Species Plagiostomum makropharynx Brandtner, 1934 accepted as Plagiostomum whitmani Graff, 1911 (junior synonym)
  107. Species Plagiostomum megalopharynx Brandtner, 1934 accepted as Plagiostomum whitmani Graff, 1911 (junior synonym)
  108. Species Plagiostomum melenadum v.Graff, 1911 accepted as Plagiostomum meledanum Graff, 1911
  109. Species Plagiostomum mirabile Marcus, 1948 accepted as Plagiostomum girardi girardi Westblad, 1956
  110. Species Plagiostomum obscurum An der Lan, 1936 accepted as Acmostomum obscurum (An der Lan, 1936)
  111. Species Plagiostomum oyense de Beauchamp, 1921 accepted as Plagiostomum caudatum Levinsen, 1879
  112. Species Plagiostomum ponticum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 accepted as Plagiostomum girardi ponticum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892
  113. Species Plagiostomum productum Riedl, 1959 accepted as Plicastoma productum Riedl, 1959
  114. Species Plagiostomum rufodorsatum (Uljanin, 1870) accepted as Acmostomum dioicum Metschnikoff, 1865
  115. Species Plagiostomum siphonophorum (Schmidt, 1852) accepted as Plagiostomum chromogastrum Graff, 1890
  116. Species Plagiostomum sorrentium Riedl, 1954 accepted as Plagiostomum sorrentinum Riedl, 1954
  117. Species Plagiostomum spadix Riedl, 1959 accepted as Plicastoma spadix Riedl, 1959
  118. Species Plagiostomum vanbenedeni (Schmidt, 1852) v.Graff, 1882 accepted as Plagiostomum benedeni (Schmidt, 1852)
  119. Species Plagiostomum xenophtalmum (Riedl, 1959) accepted as Plicastoma xenophthalmum Riedl, 1959
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Schmidt, O. (1852). Neue Rhabdocoelen aus dem nordischen und dem Adriatischen Meere. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 9: 490–505. With 5 plates.
page(s): 499 [details] OpenAccess publication
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Plagiostomum Schmidt, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142260 on 2026-07-16
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Faubel, Anno
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-06-17 13:18:29Z
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Tyler, Seth
2022-03-16 12:18:01Z
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Artois, Tom

original description Schmidt, O. (1852). Neue Rhabdocoelen aus dem nordischen und dem Adriatischen Meere. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 9: 490–505. With 5 plates.
page(s): 499 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Brachyposthia Brandtner, 1934) Brandtner, P. (1934). Ergebnisse einer von E.Reisinger & O.Steinböck mit Hilfe des Rask-Oersted Fonds durchgeführten zoologischen Reise in Grönland 1926. 5. Plagiostomidae. ((Plagiostomum, Brachyposthia n.g.)). Vidensk Medd Dank naturh Foren, 97: 87-150, pl.1-4 [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  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

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

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Westblad, E. (1956). Marine "Alloeocoels" (Turbellaria) from North Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. II. A new freshwater Plagiostomum species. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 9: 131–174. [details] 

additional source Kulinitch, L. Yu. (1980). Utilization of numerical polytomous key to make the taxonomic status of species of the genus Plagiostomum (Turbellaria, Prolecithophora) more precise. <em>Zool. Zh.</em> 59:1285-1294. [details] 

basis of record (of Plagiostoma Schmidt, 1852) 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): 385 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Plagistoma) Vanhöffen, E. (1897). Ufer- und Grundfauna. <em>Die Fauna und Flora Grönlands. Grönland-Expedition der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin 1891-1893 unter Leitung von Erich von Drygalski. Zweiter Band (I). Die Fauna und Flora Grönlands.</em> Zweiter Abschnit. Wirbellose Tiere und Planktonpflanzen. V. Kapittel. pp. 177–253.
page(s): 225 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagiostoma) (from synonym Plagiostoma Schmidt, 1852)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagiostomum) 
To Genbank 
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Plagiostoma Schmidt, 1852)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Plagistoma)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Alloeopharynx Steinböck, 1932)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Akamptostoma Riedl, 1959)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Allopharynx Steinböck, 1932)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Brachyposthia Brandtner, 1934)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Haploophorum Marcus, 1948)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Rhabdostoma Girard, 1893)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 072456) 
To ITIS
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