Turbellarians name details
Proxenetes tuberculatus Graff, 1882
143437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143437)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 281, t. 7, f. 21-27 [details]
page(s): 281, t. 7, f. 21-27 [details]
Distribution Graff (1882) mentions he found the species in an aquarium and that it is probably from the North Sea. In 1913, he...
Distribution Graff (1882) mentions he found the species in an aquarium and that it is probably from the North Sea. In 1913, he speciefies the probable natural locality to Helgoland. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Proxenetes tuberculatus Graff, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143437 on 2026-02-05
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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): 281, t. 7, f. 21-27 [details]
taxonomy source Ax, P. (1971). Zur systematik und phylogenie der Trigonostominae. <em>Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens.</em> 4: 141-220. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 31, 34–35; note: Arguing against the synonymy of "Proxenetes tuberculatus" and "Ptychopera hartogi". See taxonomical note on the latter. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences.</em> 67: 371-407.
page(s): 395; note: Here mentioned as Ptychopera tuberculata, but see the taxonomy note on that species. [details] Available for editors
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 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): 183–184 [details]
page(s): 281, t. 7, f. 21-27 [details]
taxonomy source Ax, P. (1971). Zur systematik und phylogenie der Trigonostominae. <em>Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens.</em> 4: 141-220. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 31, 34–35; note: Arguing against the synonymy of "Proxenetes tuberculatus" and "Ptychopera hartogi". See taxonomical note on the latter. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences.</em> 67: 371-407.
page(s): 395; note: Here mentioned as Ptychopera tuberculata, but see the taxonomy note on that species. [details] Available for editors
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 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): 183–184 [details]
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Distribution Graff (1882) mentions he found the species in an aquarium and that it is probably from the North Sea. In 1913, he speciefies the probable natural locality to Helgoland. [details]
