Turbellarians taxon details
Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947
143165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143165)
accepted
Species
Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947 · unaccepted (Considered a full species since...)
Considered a full species since Armonies (1987), and treated as such since then.
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Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS) [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. Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143165 on 2026-02-05
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Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
original description (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-52, Fig 14 [details] Available for editors
context source (BeRMS 2020) 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 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 Ax, P.; Armonies, W. (1987). Amphiatlantic identities in the composition of the boreal brackish water community of Plathelminthes. A comparison between the Canadian and European Atlantic coast. Microfauna Marina, 3:7-80 [details] Available for editors
additional source Müller, D.; Faubel, A. (1993). The 'Turbellaria' of the River Elbe Estuary. A faunistic analysis of oligohaline and limnic areas. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie.</em> Suppl. 75: 363-396. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp. [details]
status source Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 3: 81-156. [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) 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 (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) 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]
original description (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-52, Fig 14 [details] Available for editors
context source (BeRMS 2020) 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 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 Ax, P.; Armonies, W. (1987). Amphiatlantic identities in the composition of the boreal brackish water community of Plathelminthes. A comparison between the Canadian and European Atlantic coast. Microfauna Marina, 3:7-80 [details] Available for editors
additional source Müller, D.; Faubel, A. (1993). The 'Turbellaria' of the River Elbe Estuary. A faunistic analysis of oligohaline and limnic areas. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie.</em> Suppl. 75: 363-396. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp. [details]
status source Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 3: 81-156. [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) 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 (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Habitat Pocologan; Mud; Sandy Mud; fine to medium sand next to a freshwater inlet; Miguasha Cliff; Coarse sand rich in detritus of a marine low energy area; Petit Rocher, Elmtree River; Salt marsh sediment with Spartina and Salicornia species [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Placorhynchus dimorphis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
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