original description
Kölliker, A. (1845). Lineola, Choraima, Polycystis, neue Wurmgattungen und neue Arten von Nemertes. Verhandl. d. schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft bei ihrer 29. Vers. zu Chur 1844, Chur 1845, 8, pp 96-98. [details]
original description
(of Zuccaria Marcus, 1948) Marcus, E. (1948). Turbellaria do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia Cienciase Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo Zoologia.</em> 13: 111-243. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source
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): 119; note: Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus before this date and which still were considered to belong to Macrorhynchus in 190... Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus before this date and which still were considered to belong to Macrorhynchus in 1905, therefore, are formally transferred to Polycystis by this act.
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additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]
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Nomenclature Graff (1905) replaces the name Macrorhynchus by the senior synonym Polycystis. All species described as Macrorhynchus before this date and which still were considered to belong to Macrorhynchus in 1905, therefore, are formally transferred to Polycystis by this act. [details]
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