Turbellarians taxon details
Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964
142442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142442)
accepted
Genus
Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964 (type by original designation)
Ptychoptera · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Literature misspelling by...)
Literature misspelling by Dittmann & Reise (1985), Schockaert & Martens (1985) and Noreña et al. (2003)
- Species Ptychopera alaskana Ax & Armonies, 1990
- Species Ptychopera avicularis Karling, 1974
- Species Ptychopera ehlersi Ax, 1971
- Species Ptychopera hartogi Ax, 1971
- Species Ptychopera japonica Ax, 2008
- Species Ptychopera plebeia (Beklemischev, 1927) Den Hartog, 1964
- Species Ptychopera purasjokii Ax, 1971
- Species Ptychopera scutulifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974
- Species Ptychopera spinifera Den Hartog, 1966
- Species Ptychopera subterranea Ax, 1971
- Species Ptychopera unicornis Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018
- Species Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964
- Species Ptychopera zostericola Ax, 1971
- Species Ptychopera tuberculata (Graff, 1882) Den Hartog, 1964 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ptychopera alascana accepted as Ptychopera alaskana Ax & Armonies, 1990 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Ptychopera scutulifer Ehlers & Ax, 1974 accepted as Ptychopera scutulifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences.</em> 67: 371-407.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142442 on 2026-07-05
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Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences.</em> 67: 371-407.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
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
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]
basis of record (of Ptychoptera) Dittmann, S.; Reise, K. (1985). Assemblage of free-living Plathelminthes on an intertidal mud flat in the North Sea. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 2: 95-115.
page(s): 100, 102 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Ptychoptera) Schockaert, E. R.; Martens, P. M. (1985). Turbellaria from Somalia 3 .Lecithoepitheliata and Typhloplanoida. <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 20: 27-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1985.10736690 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Ptychoptera) Noreña, C.; Brusa, F.; Faubel, A. (2003). Census of “ Microturbellarians” (free-living Platyhelminthes) of the zoogeographical regions originating from Gondwana. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 146(1): 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.146.1.1
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
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
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]
basis of record (of Ptychoptera) Dittmann, S.; Reise, K. (1985). Assemblage of free-living Plathelminthes on an intertidal mud flat in the North Sea. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 2: 95-115.
page(s): 100, 102 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Ptychoptera) Schockaert, E. R.; Martens, P. M. (1985). Turbellaria from Somalia 3 .Lecithoepitheliata and Typhloplanoida. <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 20: 27-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1985.10736690 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Ptychoptera) Noreña, C.; Brusa, F.; Faubel, A. (2003). Census of “ Microturbellarians” (free-living Platyhelminthes) of the zoogeographical regions originating from Gondwana. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 146(1): 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.146.1.1
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis (amended from Den Hartog, 1964): Trigonostominae with pharynx in the first half of the body. Afferent system differentiated into a large bursa and a small seminal receptacle connected by a narrow spermatic duct. Seminal receptacle connects to the female system through a long, slightly sclerotized duct. Wall of the bursa provided with sclerotized structures (folds or teeth). Sclerotized parts of the male copulatory organ consisting of a stylet proper surrounded by a mantle. Mantle provided with folds, spines or plates. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ptychopera)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ptychoptera) (from synonym Ptychoptera)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Ptychoptera)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Ptychoptera)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ptychoptera) (from synonym Ptychoptera)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Ptychoptera)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Ptychoptera)From editor or global species database
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