Turbellarians name details
Promesostoma ovoideum (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882
143351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143351)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Mesostomum violaceum Levinsen, 1879 · unaccepted
Promesostomum ovoideum · unaccepted
Turbella ovoidea (Schmidt, 1852) Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Promesostoma ovoideum purum Graff, 1905
- Subspecies Promesostoma ovoideum ovoideum (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Mesostomum ovoideum Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, O. (1852). Neue Rhabdocoelen aus dem nordischen und dem Adriatischen Meere. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 9: 490–505. With 5 plates.
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Promesostoma ovoideum (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143351 on 2026-02-05
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(of Mesostomum ovoideum Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, O. (1852). Neue Rhabdocoelen aus dem nordischen und dem Adriatischen Meere. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 9: 490–505. With 5 plates.
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Mesostomum violaceum Levinsen, 1879) 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): 174 [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 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): 10–11 [details] Available for editors
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): 272 [details]
status source Luther, A. (1943). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. IV. Uber einige Repräsentanten der Familie Proxenetidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica.</em> 38: 3-100.
page(s): 86; note: Mentions that the species is closely related to P. solea, and states that they could build a genus of their own. He did not study material, hence the species is best considered to be a species inquire...
[details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Promesostomum ovoideum) 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]
source of synonymy (of Mesostomum violaceum Levinsen, 1879) 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): 272; note: Synonymised with P. ovoideum, but with hesitation. [details]
new combination reference (of Turbella ovoidea (Schmidt, 1852) Diesing, 1862) Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 222 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Mesostomum violaceum Levinsen, 1879) 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): 174 [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 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): 10–11 [details] Available for editors
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): 272 [details]
status source Luther, A. (1943). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. IV. Uber einige Repräsentanten der Familie Proxenetidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica.</em> 38: 3-100.
page(s): 86; note: Mentions that the species is closely related to P. solea, and states that they could build a genus of their own. He did not study material, hence the species is best considered to be a species inquire...
Mentions that the species is closely related to P. solea, and states that they could build a genus of their own. He did not study material, hence the species is best considered to be a species inquirenda.
basis of record (of Promesostomum ovoideum) 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]
source of synonymy (of Mesostomum violaceum Levinsen, 1879) 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): 272; note: Synonymised with P. ovoideum, but with hesitation. [details]
new combination reference (of Turbella ovoidea (Schmidt, 1852) Diesing, 1862) Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 222 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Turbella ovoidea (Schmidt, 1852) Diesing, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Turbella ovoidea (Schmidt, 1852) Diesing, 1862)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostomum violaceum Levinsen, 1879)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Promesostomum ovoideum)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Turbella ovoidea (Schmidt, 1852) Diesing, 1862)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostomum violaceum Levinsen, 1879)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Promesostomum ovoideum)From editor or global species database
