Turbellarians taxon details
Mecynostomum auritum (Schultze, 1851)
142680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142680)
accepted
Species
Avagina aurita Meixner, 1938 · unaccepted (homonym & junior synonym)
Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monotus excavatus Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Mecynostomum auritum flavescens (Westblad, 1946) accepted as Eumecynostomum flavescens (Dörjes, 1968)
- Subspecies Mecynostomum auritum glandulosum (Westblad, 1946) accepted as Pseudmecynostomum glandulosum (Westblad, 1946) accepted as Postmecynostomum glandulosum (Westblad, 1946)
- Subspecies Mecynostomum auritum typica (Westblad, 1946) accepted as Eumecynostomum westbladi (Dörjes, 1968)
marine
(of Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851) Schultze, M. (1851). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Turbellarien. <em>Greifswald.</em> 78 pp, 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9703563
page(s): 58, t. 5, f. 4 [details]
page(s): 58, t. 5, f. 4 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mecynostomum auritum (Schultze, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142680 on 2026-02-05
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(of Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851) Schultze, M. (1851). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Turbellarien. <em>Greifswald.</em> 78 pp, 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9703563
page(s): 58, t. 5, f. 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
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
basis of record (of Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851) van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
source of synonymy (of Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851) Beneden, E. van. (1870). Etude zoologique et anatomique du genre Macrostomum et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 30:116-133 + l plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5703356 [details]
source of synonymy (of Avagina aurita Meixner, 1938) Meixner, J. (1938). Turbellaria (Strudelwürmer). <em>Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Allgemeiner Teil. In: G. Grimpe, E. Wagler, A Remane (eds).</em> 33(IVb): 1-146, 220 f. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
page(s): 58, t. 5, f. 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
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
basis of record (of Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851) van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
source of synonymy (of Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851) Beneden, E. van. (1870). Etude zoologique et anatomique du genre Macrostomum et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 30:116-133 + l plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5703356 [details]
source of synonymy (of Avagina aurita Meixner, 1938) Meixner, J. (1938). Turbellaria (Strudelwürmer). <em>Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Allgemeiner Teil. In: G. Grimpe, E. Wagler, A Remane (eds).</em> 33(IVb): 1-146, 220 f. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat littoral and shallow sublitoral, mudflats [details]Spelling In Müller (2004) this the genus appear as Mecynostomium [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mecynostomum auritum)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Avagina aurita Meixner, 1938)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mecynostomum auritum)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Macrostomum auritum Schultze, 1851)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Avagina aurita Meixner, 1938)From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
