Turbellarians taxon details
Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964
143447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143447)
accepted
Species
Proxenetes westbaldi · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Proxenetes westbladi Luther, 1943 · unaccepted
Ptychoptera westbladi · unaccepted (Literature misspelling of genus...)
Literature misspelling of genus name by Dittmann & Reise (1985).
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Proxenetes westbladi Luther, 1943) Luther, A. (1943). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. IV. Uber einige Repräsentanten der Familie Proxenetidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica.</em> 38: 3-100.
page(s): 69-71, f. 1a-b, 8, 18, 62-70 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 69-71, f. 1a-b, 8, 18, 62-70 [details] Available for editors
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143447 on 2026-06-07
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(of Proxenetes westbladi Luther, 1943) Luther, A. (1943). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. IV. Uber einige Repräsentanten der Familie Proxenetidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica.</em> 38: 3-100.
page(s): 69-71, f. 1a-b, 8, 18, 62-70 [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 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 Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.
page(s): 353–354 [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]
new combination reference 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): 387–393 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Ptychoptera westbladi) Dittmann, S.; Reise, K. (1985). Assemblage of free-living Plathelminthes on an intertidal mud flat in the North Sea. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 2: 95-115.
page(s): 100, 102 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Proxenetes westbaldi) Rao, G.C. (2021). Meiofauna of marine sediments. A fascinating world of animal life. NBI, New Delhi.
page(s): 64 [details]
page(s): 69-71, f. 1a-b, 8, 18, 62-70 [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 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 Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.
page(s): 353–354 [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]
new combination reference 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): 387–393 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Ptychoptera westbladi) Dittmann, S.; Reise, K. (1985). Assemblage of free-living Plathelminthes on an intertidal mud flat in the North Sea. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 2: 95-115.
page(s): 100, 102 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Proxenetes westbaldi) Rao, G.C. (2021). Meiofauna of marine sediments. A fascinating world of animal life. NBI, New Delhi.
page(s): 64 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ptychopera westbladi)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Proxenetes westbladi Luther, 1943)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Ptychoptera westbladi)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Proxenetes westbaldi)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Proxenetes westbladi Luther, 1943)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Ptychoptera westbladi)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Proxenetes westbaldi)