Turbellarians taxon details
Provortex balticus (Schultze, 1851) Graff, 1882
143000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143000)
accepted
Species
Prevortex balticus · unaccepted (Literature misspelling by...)
Literature misspelling by Ferronière (1901: p. 118)
Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913 · unaccepted
Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851 · unaccepted
Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845 · unaccepted
Vortex cavifrons Jensen, 1878 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Vortex balticus 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): 48-49, Tab. IV, figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 48-49, Tab. IV, figs. 1-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Baltic sea
type locality contained in Baltic sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Provortex balticus (Schultze, 1851) Graff, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143000 on 2026-07-07
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original description
(of Vortex balticus 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): 48-49, Tab. IV, figs. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913) Beauchamp, P. de. (1913). Sur la faune (Turbellaries en particulier) des eaux saumatres du Socoa. I. Socorria uncinata n. g. n. sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 38 :94-98. [details]
original description (of Vortex cavifrons Jensen, 1878) Jensen, O. S. (1878). Turbellaria ad litora Norvegiae occidentalia. Turbellarier ved Norges Vestkyst. <em>J W Eided Bogtrykkeri, Bergen.</em> 97 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1582487
page(s): 41-43, Tab. III, fig. 6-10 [details]
original description (of Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845) Örsted, A. S. (1845). Fortegnelse over Dyr, samlede i Christianiafjord ved Drøbak fra 21–24 Juli, 1844. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 2.</em> 1: 400–427, plate V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2359713
page(s): 416 [details]
taxonomy source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp. [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 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 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 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 [details]
additional source Steinbock, O. (1938). Marine Turbellaria. <em>The Zoology of Iceland, Levin & Munksgaard (Publ.), Copenhagen and Reykjavik,.</em> Vol. II, Part 9, 26 pp., 8 f.
page(s): 7–9 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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.
page(s): 225 [details]
new combination reference Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 345 [details]
basis of record (of Prevortex balticus) Ferronnière, G. (1901). Etudes biologiques sur les zones supralittorales de la Loire-inferieure. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'ouest de la France.</em> 1: 1-451. [details]
additional source (of Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1879). Bidrag til Kundskab om Grønlands Turbellariefauna. <em>Vidensk. Meddel. fra den naturh. Foren. i. Kjobenhavn 1879-1880.</em> 165-204. With one table.
page(s): 179 [details]
additional source (of Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851) Möbius, K. (1873). Die faunistischen Untersuchungen. A. Die wirbellosen Thiere der Ostsee. [The faunistic investigations. A. The invertebrates of the Baltic Sea.]. <em>In: Die Exp. zur physikalisch-chem. und biol. Untersuchung der Ostsee im Sommer 1870 S.M. Avisodampfer Pommerania nebst physikalischen Beob. an den Stat. der preus. Ostseeküste. Jahresberichte der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere.</em> 1: 87-144.
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source (of Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851) Jensen, O. S. (1878). Turbellaria ad litora Norvegiae occidentalia. Turbellarier ved Norges Vestkyst. <em>J W Eided Bogtrykkeri, Bergen.</em> 97 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1582487
page(s): 42–43 [details]
additional source (of Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851) Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details]
source of synonymy (of Vortex cavifrons Jensen, 1878) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 345 [details]
source of synonymy (of Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 345 [details]
source of synonymy (of Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913) Luther, A. (1962). Die Turbellarien Ostfennoskandiens III. Neorhabdocoela 1. Dalyellioida, Typhloplanoida: Byrsophlebidae und Trigonostomidae. Fauna Fennica, 12:1-71
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 48-49, Tab. IV, figs. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913) Beauchamp, P. de. (1913). Sur la faune (Turbellaries en particulier) des eaux saumatres du Socoa. I. Socorria uncinata n. g. n. sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 38 :94-98. [details]
original description (of Vortex cavifrons Jensen, 1878) Jensen, O. S. (1878). Turbellaria ad litora Norvegiae occidentalia. Turbellarier ved Norges Vestkyst. <em>J W Eided Bogtrykkeri, Bergen.</em> 97 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1582487
page(s): 41-43, Tab. III, fig. 6-10 [details]
original description (of Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845) Örsted, A. S. (1845). Fortegnelse over Dyr, samlede i Christianiafjord ved Drøbak fra 21–24 Juli, 1844. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 2.</em> 1: 400–427, plate V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2359713
page(s): 416 [details]
taxonomy source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp. [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 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 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 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 [details]
additional source Steinbock, O. (1938). Marine Turbellaria. <em>The Zoology of Iceland, Levin & Munksgaard (Publ.), Copenhagen and Reykjavik,.</em> Vol. II, Part 9, 26 pp., 8 f.
page(s): 7–9 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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.
page(s): 225 [details]
new combination reference Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 345 [details]
basis of record (of Prevortex balticus) Ferronnière, G. (1901). Etudes biologiques sur les zones supralittorales de la Loire-inferieure. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'ouest de la France.</em> 1: 1-451. [details]
additional source (of Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1879). Bidrag til Kundskab om Grønlands Turbellariefauna. <em>Vidensk. Meddel. fra den naturh. Foren. i. Kjobenhavn 1879-1880.</em> 165-204. With one table.
page(s): 179 [details]
additional source (of Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851) Möbius, K. (1873). Die faunistischen Untersuchungen. A. Die wirbellosen Thiere der Ostsee. [The faunistic investigations. A. The invertebrates of the Baltic Sea.]. <em>In: Die Exp. zur physikalisch-chem. und biol. Untersuchung der Ostsee im Sommer 1870 S.M. Avisodampfer Pommerania nebst physikalischen Beob. an den Stat. der preus. Ostseeküste. Jahresberichte der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere.</em> 1: 87-144.
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source (of Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851) Jensen, O. S. (1878). Turbellaria ad litora Norvegiae occidentalia. Turbellarier ved Norges Vestkyst. <em>J W Eided Bogtrykkeri, Bergen.</em> 97 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1582487
page(s): 42–43 [details]
additional source (of Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851) Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details]
source of synonymy (of Vortex cavifrons Jensen, 1878) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 345 [details]
source of synonymy (of Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 345 [details]
source of synonymy (of Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913) Luther, A. (1962). Die Turbellarien Ostfennoskandiens III. Neorhabdocoela 1. Dalyellioida, Typhloplanoida: Byrsophlebidae und Trigonostomidae. Fauna Fennica, 12:1-71
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prevortex balticus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Provortex balticus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Vortex cavifrons Jensen, 1878)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Prevortex balticus)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Provortex balticus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Socorria uncinata de Beauchamp, 1913)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Vortex balticus Schultze, 1851)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Vortex cavifrons Jensen, 1878)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Prevortex balticus)To ITIS