Turbellarians taxon details

Promesostoma Graff, 1882

142412  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142412)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Rhabdocoela (Order)
  6. Dalytyphloplanida (Suborder)
  7. Neotyphloplanida (Infraorder)
  8. Thalassotyphloplanida (Parvorder)
  9. Promesostomidae (Family)
  10. Promesostominae (Subfamily)
  11. Promesostoma (Genus)
accepted
Genus
none (type not designated)
Diopis Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum (nomen oblitum)
Promesostomum · unaccepted > unjustified emendation

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  1. Species Promesostoma alaskanum Ax & Armonies, 1990
  2. Species Promesostoma baculum Diez, Reygel & Artois, 2023
  3. Species Promesostoma balticum Luther, 1918
  4. Species Promesostoma bilineatum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892
  5. Species Promesostoma bilobatum Ax & Armonies, 1987
  6. Species Promesostoma bipartitum Ax, 1956
  7. Species Promesostoma caligulatum Ax, 1952
  8. Species Promesostoma cochleare Karling, 1935
  9. Species Promesostoma convolutum Armonies, 2020
  10. Species Promesostoma cubanum Diez, Reygel & Artois, 2023
  11. Species Promesostoma cubitum Artois & Diez, 2023
  12. Species Promesostoma dennisalleni Ax, 1995
  13. Species Promesostoma digitosum Ax, 1995
  14. Species Promesostoma dipterostylum Karling, 1967
  15. Species Promesostoma ellipticum (Uljanin, 1870) Graff, 1882
  16. Species Promesostoma ensifer (Uljanin, 1870) Pereyaslawzewa, 1892
  17. Species Promesostoma fibulatum Ax & Armonies, 1987
  18. Species Promesostoma furcatum Armonies, 2023
  19. Species Promesostoma gallicum Ax, 1956
  20. Species Promesostoma gracile Ax, 1951
  21. Species Promesostoma hymanae Ax, 1968
  22. Species Promesostoma infundibulum Ax, 1968
  23. Species Promesostoma karlingi Ehlers, 1974
  24. Species Promesostoma kergroixense Ehlers & Sopott-Ehlers, 1989
  25. Species Promesostoma kristenseni Ax, 1993
  26. Species Promesostoma maculosum Ax, 1956
  27. Species Promesostoma marmoratum (Schultze, 1851) Graff, 1882
  28. Species Promesostoma meixneri Ax, 1951
  29. Species Promesostoma minutum Ax, 1956
  30. Species Promesostoma neglectum Karling, 1967
  31. Species Promesostoma norvegicum Karling, 1967
  32. Species Promesostoma nynaesiense Karling, 1957
  33. Species Promesostoma panamaense Artois & Diez, 2023
  34. Species Promesostoma paracochleare Ax, 1952
  35. Species Promesostoma roseapharynx Diez, Reygel & Artois, 2023
  36. Species Promesostoma rostratum Ax, 1951
  37. Species Promesostoma sartagine Ax & Ehlers, 1973
  38. Species Promesostoma scylax Marcus, 1952
  39. Species Promesostoma serpentistylum Ax, 1952
  40. Species Promesostoma spiriferum Karling, 1967
  41. Species Promesostoma tenebrosum Ax & Ehlers, 1973
  42. Species Promesostoma teshirogii Ax, 1992
  43. Species Promesostoma toryne Artois & Diez, 2023
  44. Species Promesostoma wehrenbergi Armonies, 2018
  45. Species Promesostoma graffii (Mereschkowsky, 1879) Graff, 1882 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  46. Species Promesostoma hamatum Beklemischev, 1953 (uncertain, Incertae sedis)
  47. Species Promesostoma minimum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  48. Species Promesostoma ovoideum (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  49. Species Promesostoma pedicellatum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  50. Species Promesostoma solea (Schmidt, 1857) Graff, 1882 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  51. Species Promesostoma spirale Beklemischev, 1953 (uncertain, Incertae sedis)
  52. Species Promesostoma agile (Levinsen, 1879) Graff, 1882 accepted as Maehrenthalia agilis (Levinsen, 1879) Graff, 1905
  53. Species Promesostoma alaskana Ax & Armonies, 1990 accepted as Promesostoma alaskanum Ax & Armonies, 1990 (Adjusted to gender of genus (according to ICZN Art.31.2.), following ICZN Art.34.2.)
  54. Species Promesostoma baltica Luther, 1918 accepted as Promesostoma balticum Luther, 1918 (Adjustement in gender of epithet)
  55. Species Promesostoma biliniata Pereyeslawzewa, 1892 accepted as Promesostoma biliniatum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 accepted as Promesostoma bilineatum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 (Adjusted to gender of genus (according to ICZN Art.31.2.), following ICZN Art.34.2.)
  56. Species Promesostoma biliniatum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 accepted as Promesostoma bilineatum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 (See nomenclatural note)
  57. Species Promesostoma bilobata Ax & Armonies, 1987 accepted as Promesostoma bilobatum Ax & Armonies, 1987 (Adjusted to gender of genus (according to ICZN Art.31.2.), following ICZN Art.34.2.)
  58. Species Promesostoma cochlearis Karling, 1935 accepted as Promesostoma cochleare Karling, 1935 (Wrong gender of epithet. Promesostoma is neuter. Therefore, following Art 31.2 and 34.2 of ICZN the gender shoud be adjusted.)
  59. Species Promesostoma digitosa Ax, 1995 accepted as Promesostoma digitosum Ax, 1995 (Adjusted to gender of genus (according to ICZN Art.31.2.), following ICZN Art.34.2.)
  60. Species Promesostoma elegantulum (Uljanin, 1870) Graff, 1882 accepted as Tamara elegantula Uljanin, 1870 (Graff (1882: p. 274)) transfers it to Promesostoma with hesitation, in 1913 (p. 201) he re-introduced Tamara, but as taxon inquirendum.)
  61. Species Promesostoma elongatulum accepted as Promesostoma elegantulum (Uljanin, 1870) Graff, 1882 accepted as Tamara elegantula Uljanin, 1870 (Graff spelled the epithet wrong, in the synonyms list as well as in the entry of the species in Promesostoma. The correct epithet is elegantulum, as it was in the orginal descrition by Uljanin.)
  62. Species Promesostoma ericae Faubel, 1980 accepted as Promesostoma caligulatum Ax, 1952
  63. Species Promesostoma excellens Meixner, 1938 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  64. Species Promesostoma fibulata Ax & Armonies, 1987 accepted as Promesostoma fibulatum Ax & Armonies, 1987 (Wrong gender of epithet. Promesostoma is neuter. Therefore, following Art 31.2 and 34.2 of ICZN the gender shoud be adjusted.)
  65. Species Promesostoma gracilis Ax, 1951 accepted as Promesostoma gracile Ax, 1951 (Wrong gender of epithet. Promesostoma is neuter. Therefore, following Art 31.2 and 34.2 of ICZN the gender shoud be adjusted.)
  66. Species Promesostoma graffi accepted as Promesostoma graffii (Mereschkowsky, 1879) Graff, 1882 (Literature misspelling by Luther (1943: p.86))
  67. Species Promesostoma hamiferum Meixner, 1938 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  68. Species Promesostoma lenticulatum (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882 accepted as Beauchampiella lenticulata (Schmidt, 1852) Karling, 1956 accepted as Beauchampiola lenticulata (Schmidt, 1852) Luther, 1957
  69. Species Promesostoma lugubre Meixner, 1938 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  70. Species Promesostoma minima Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 accepted as Promesostoma minimum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 (Gender of epithet incorrect)
  71. Species Promesostoma murmanicum Graff, 1905 accepted as Vejdovskya murmanica (Graff, 1905) Luther, 1948 accepted as Pogaina murmanica (Graff, 1905) Marcus, 1954
  72. Species Promesostoma negletum accepted as Promesostoma neglectum Karling, 1967 (Literature misspelling by Faubel & Noreña (2001))
  73. Species Promesostoma pachidermum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 accepted as Paramesostoma pachidermum (Pereyaslawzewa, 1892) Ax, 1959 accepted as Paramesostoma neapolitanum (Graff, 1882) Attems, 1896 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  74. Species Promesostoma pachydermum accepted as Promesostoma pachidermum Pereyaslawzewa, 1892 accepted as Paramesostoma pachidermum (Pereyaslawzewa, 1892) Ax, 1959 accepted as Paramesostoma neapolitanum (Graff, 1882) Attems, 1896 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Not documented
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Promesostoma Graff, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142412 on 2026-02-15
Date
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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 13:06:02Z
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Tyler, Seth
2019-03-23 10:04:22Z
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Artois, Tom
2021-05-06 11:24:46Z
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Artois, Tom

original description (of Diopis Diesing, 1862) Diesing, K. M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abtheilung: Dendrocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 44: 485-578., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2108 [details] OpenAccess publication

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 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] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Promesostomum) 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6585
page(s): 225 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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