Turbellarians taxon details

Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1837

P. melanops
P. melanops

142453  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142453)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Rhabdocoela (Order)
  6. Dalytyphloplanida (Suborder)
  7. Neotyphloplanida (Infraorder)
  8. Limnotyphloplanida (Parvorder)
  9. Typhloplanidae (Family)
  10. Phaenocorinae (Subfamily)
  11. Phaenocora (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Anomalocoelus Haswell, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phaenocora (Pseudophaenocora) Gilbert, 1938 · unaccepted (Not longer considered a subgenus...)  
Not longer considered a subgenus of it's own.
Phenocora · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Phoenocora · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Pseudophaenocora Gilbert, 1938 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Species Phaenocora achaeorum Nasonov, 1919
  2. Species Phaenocora adenticulata Gilbert, 1938
  3. Species Phaenocora aglobulata Houben & Artois, 2014
  4. Species Phaenocora alticola Ruebush, 1939
  5. Species Phaenocora anomalocoela (Haswell, 1905) Graff, 1913
  6. Species Phaenocora anophthalma (Vejdovsky, 1895) Hofsten, 1907
  7. Species Phaenocora bresslaui Marcus, 1946
  8. Species Phaenocora brincki Marcus & Marcus, 1959
  9. Species Phaenocora chloroxantha Marcus, 1946
  10. Species Phaenocora clavigera Hofsten, 1907
  11. Species Phaenocora cucurbitina Beklemischev, 1918
  12. Species Phaenocora evelinae Marcus, 1946
  13. Species Phaenocora falciodenticulata Gilbert, 1938
  14. Species Phaenocora foliacea Böhmig, 1914
  15. Species Phaenocora gagarini Korgina, 2014
  16. Species Phaenocora galiziana (Schmidt, 1858) Graff, 1909
  17. Species Phaenocora gilberti Houben & Artois, 2014
  18. Species Phaenocora gracilis (Vejdovsky, 1895) Graff, 1909
  19. Species Phaenocora highlandensis Gilbert, 1935
  20. Species Phaenocora kepneri Gilbert, 1935
  21. Species Phaenocora lutheri Gilbert, 1937
  22. Species Phaenocora minima Farías, Gamo & Noreña, 1995
  23. Species Phaenocora polycirra Beklemischev, 1929
  24. Species Phaenocora rufodorsata (Sekera, 1904) Graff, 1909
  25. Species Phaenocora shenda Huang & Wang, 2023
  26. Species Phaenocora sulfophila (Gilbert, 1938) Karling, 1956
  27. Species Phaenocora typhlops (Vejdovsky, 1880) Hofsten, 1907
  28. Species Phaenocora unipunctata (Ørsted, 1843) Bendl, 1908
  29. Species Phaenocora variodentata Meixner, 1915
  30. Species Phaenocora virginiana Gilbert, 1935
  31. Species Phaenocora agassizi Graff, 1911 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  32. Species Phaenocora baltica (Braun, 1885) Graff, 1909 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  33. Species Phaenocora beauchampi Sekera, 1930 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  34. Species Phaenocora jucunda Cognetti de Martiis, 1916 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  35. Species Phaenocora megacephala (Higley, 1918) Meixner, 1930 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  36. Species Phaenocora megalops (Duges, 1830) Ehrenberg, 1837 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  37. Species Phaenocora salinarum (Graff, 1882) Wahl, 1910 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  38. Subgenus Phaenocora (Megaloderostoma) Beklemischev, 1929 accepted as Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1837 (unaccepted > nomen oblitum)
    1. Species Phaenocora (Megaloderostoma) polycirra Beklemischev, 1929 accepted as Phaenocora polycirra Beklemischev, 1929
  39. Subgenus Phaenocora (Pseudophaenocora) Gilbert, 1938 accepted as Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1837 (Not longer considered a subgenus of it's own.)
    1. Species Phaenocora (Pseudophaenocora) sulfophila (Gilbert, 1938) Karling, 1956 accepted as Phaenocora sulfophila (Gilbert, 1938) Karling, 1956
  40. Species Phaenocora balticum accepted as Phaenocora baltica (Braun, 1885) Graff, 1909 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  41. Species Phaenocora chappuisi de Beauchamp, 1936 accepted as Phaenocora foliacea Böhmig, 1914
  42. Species Phaenocora coeca (Fuhrmann, 1894) Hofsten, 1911 accepted as Phaenocora stagnalis (Fuhrmann, 1900) Hofsten, 1907 accepted as Phaenocora gracilis (Vejdovsky, 1895) Graff, 1909 (Mentioned by Hofsten (1911) as "Ph. coeca = stagnalis")
  43. Species Phaenocora coecum (Führmann, 1894) Gilbert, 1935 accepted as Phaenocora clavigera Hofsten, 1907
  44. Species Phaenocora gracile accepted as Phaenocora gracilis (Vejdovsky, 1895) Graff, 1909 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  45. Species Phaenocora highlandense Gilbert, 1935 accepted as Phaenocora highlandensis Gilbert, 1935 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  46. Species Phaenocora sinensis Wang & Sun, 2011 accepted as Phaenocora variodentata Meixner, 1915 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Phaenocora stagnalis (Fuhrmann, 1900) Hofsten, 1907 accepted as Phaenocora gracilis (Vejdovsky, 1895) Graff, 1909
  48. Species Phaenocora subsalina Luther, 1921 accepted as Phaenocora clavigera Hofsten, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Species Phaenocora subsalsa Beklemischev, 1927 accepted as Phaenocora salinarum subsalsa Beklemischev, 1927 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  50. Species Phaenocora vejdovskyi Graff, 1913 accepted as Phaenocora anophthalma (Vejdovsky, 1895) Hofsten, 1907 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  51. Species Phaenocora virgiana accepted as Phaenocora virginiana Gilbert, 1935 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  52. Species Phaenocora vjatkensis Nasonov, 1919 accepted as Phaenocora typhlops (Vejdovsky, 1880) Hofsten, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1837). Über die Akalephen des Rothen Meeres und den Organismus der Medusen der Ostsee. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1835: 181-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141930
page(s): 244 [details] 
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142453 on 2026-03-14
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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 12:41:58Z
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Tyler, Seth
2010-06-17 13:06:02Z
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Tyler, Seth
2019-03-23 10:04:22Z
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Artois, Tom

original description Ehrenberg, C. G. (1837). Über die Akalephen des Rothen Meeres und den Organismus der Medusen der Ostsee. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1835: 181-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141930
page(s): 244 [details] 

original description (of Pseudophaenocora Gilbert, 1938) Gilbert, C. M. (1938). A new North American Rhabdocoele-Pseudophaenocora sulfophila nov. genus, nov. spec. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 124(8): 193–216. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Anomalocoelus Haswell, 1905) Haswell, W. A. (1905). Studies of the Turbellaria. Part I. On Heterochaerus, an "Acoelous" Turbellarian. Part II. On Anomalocoelus caecus, a new type of Rhabdocoele. <em>Quart J Microsc Sci.</em> 49: 425-467. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Phaenocora (Megaloderostoma) Beklemischev, 1929) Beklemischev, V. N. (1929). Die Anatomie von Phaenocora (Megaloderostoma n.subg.) polycirra n.sp. (Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela). <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 134(4): 533–557.
page(s): 534 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 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] 

identification resource Houben, A. M.; Van Steenkiste, N.; Artois, T. J. (2014). Revision of <em>Phaenocora</em> Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889(3): 301-354., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record (of Phaenocora (Pseudophaenocora) Gilbert, 1938) Karling, T. G. (1956). Morphologisch-histologische Untersuchungen an den männlichen Atrialorganen der Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria). <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 9: 187-277.
page(s): 195, 200 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record (of Phoenocora) Cognetti de Martiis, L. (1916). Ricerche sulla struttura della Phoenocora jucunda Cogn. <em>Archivio Zoologico Italiano.</em> 8: 187–247, Tab XI-XII. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Phenocora) Sekera, E. (1907). Zur Biologie einiger Wiesentümpel. [On the biology of some meadow ponds.]. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie und Planktonkunde.</em> 2: 347-354.
page(s): 349 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Anomalocoelus Haswell, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 147 [details] OpenAccess publication

status source (of Phaenocora (Megaloderostoma) Beklemischev, 1929) Houben, A. M.; Van Steenkiste, N.; Artois, T. J. (2014). Revision of <em>Phaenocora</em> Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889(3): 301-354., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.1
page(s): 340 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

status source (of Phaenocora (Pseudophaenocora) Gilbert, 1938) Houben, A. M.; Van Steenkiste, N.; Artois, T. J. (2014). Revision of <em>Phaenocora</em> Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889(3): 301-354., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.1
page(s): 341 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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