Turbellarians taxon details
Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala (Schmidt, 1861) Meixner, 1943
143566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143566)
accepted
Species
Automolos ophiocephalus (Schmidt, 1861) Graff, 1882 · unaccepted
Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861) Schmidt, O. (1862). Untersuchungen ueber Turbellarien von Corfu und Cephalonia, nebst Nachträgen zu früheren Arbeiten. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 11: 1-30, 4 plates.
page(s): 24, t. 4, f. 3-5 [details]
page(s): 24, t. 4, f. 3-5 [details]
Neotype SMNH 6032
, Type locality contained in Ionian Sea
Neotype SMNH 6032 [details]
type locality contained in Ionian Sea [details]
Distribution A very common and widespread species in lower intertidal habitats of the Mediterranean, in well-sorted, medium-to-coarse sand.
Distribution The distribution records are for the entire species complex (see Casu & Curini-Galletti, 2006), so those of P....
Distribution A very common and widespread species in lower intertidal habitats of the Mediterranean, in well-sorted, medium-to-coarse sand. [details]
Distribution The distribution records are for the entire species complex (see Casu & Curini-Galletti, 2006), so those of P....
Distribution The distribution records are for the entire species complex (see Casu & Curini-Galletti, 2006), so those of P. ophiocephala s.s., P. caputanguis, P. caputdraconis and P. caputserpentis. Which distribution records are from the latter three species can be found under the entries of those three cryptic species. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala (Schmidt, 1861) Meixner, 1943. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143566 on 2026-03-25
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(of Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861) Schmidt, O. (1862). Untersuchungen ueber Turbellarien von Corfu und Cephalonia, nebst Nachträgen zu früheren Arbeiten. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 11: 1-30, 4 plates.
page(s): 24, t. 4, f. 3-5 [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. (1959). Zur Systematik Oekologie und Tiergeographie der Turbellarienfauna in den ponto-kaspischen Brackwassermeeren. <em>Zoologisher Jahrbucherabteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie de Tierre.</em> 87: 43-184. [details] Available for editors
additional source Schockaert, E. R.; Martens, P. M. (1987). Turbellaria from Somalia 4. The genus Pseudomonocelis Meixner, 1943. <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 9: 101-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1987.10736724 [details] Available for editors
additional source Murina, G.-V., 1981. Notes on the biology of some psammophile Turbellaria of the Black Sea. Hydrobiologia, 84: 129-130, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026170 [details] Available for editors
additional source Curini-Galletti, M.; Casu, M. (2005). Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Pseudomonocelis Meixner, 1943 ( Rhabditophora: Proseriata). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 39(24): 2187-2201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930400004412 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Meixner, J. (1943). Über die Umbildung einer Turbellarienart nach Einwanderung aus dem Meere ins Süßwasser. <em>Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie.</em> 43(4-6), 458-468., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19430430406 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Casu, M.; Curini-Galletti, M. (2006). Genetic evidence for the existence of cryptic species in the mesopsammic flatworm Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala (Rhabditophora: Proseriata). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 87(4): 553-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00588.x [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861) Tom Artois; Ernest Schockaert. (2005-2017). World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861) 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 [details]
additional source (of Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861) 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]
source of synonymy (of Automolos ophiocephalus (Schmidt, 1861) Graff, 1882) 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 [details]
page(s): 24, t. 4, f. 3-5 [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. (1959). Zur Systematik Oekologie und Tiergeographie der Turbellarienfauna in den ponto-kaspischen Brackwassermeeren. <em>Zoologisher Jahrbucherabteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie de Tierre.</em> 87: 43-184. [details] Available for editors
additional source Schockaert, E. R.; Martens, P. M. (1987). Turbellaria from Somalia 4. The genus Pseudomonocelis Meixner, 1943. <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 9: 101-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1987.10736724 [details] Available for editors
additional source Murina, G.-V., 1981. Notes on the biology of some psammophile Turbellaria of the Black Sea. Hydrobiologia, 84: 129-130, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026170 [details] Available for editors
additional source Curini-Galletti, M.; Casu, M. (2005). Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Pseudomonocelis Meixner, 1943 ( Rhabditophora: Proseriata). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 39(24): 2187-2201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930400004412 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Meixner, J. (1943). Über die Umbildung einer Turbellarienart nach Einwanderung aus dem Meere ins Süßwasser. <em>Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie.</em> 43(4-6), 458-468., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19430430406 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Casu, M.; Curini-Galletti, M. (2006). Genetic evidence for the existence of cryptic species in the mesopsammic flatworm Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala (Rhabditophora: Proseriata). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 87(4): 553-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00588.x [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861) Tom Artois; Ernest Schockaert. (2005-2017). World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861) 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 [details]
additional source (of Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861) 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]
source of synonymy (of Automolos ophiocephalus (Schmidt, 1861) Graff, 1882) 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 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution A very common and widespread species in lower intertidal habitats of the Mediterranean, in well-sorted, medium-to-coarse sand. [details]Distribution The distribution records are for the entire species complex (see Casu & Curini-Galletti, 2006), so those of P. ophiocephala s.s., P. caputanguis, P. caputdraconis and P. caputserpentis. Which distribution records are from the latter three species can be found under the entries of those three cryptic species. [details]
Extinction Populations of Calvi could be extinct (see Casu & Curini-Galletti, 2006: p. 575). [details]
Habitat In pure rough sand of isolated beaches [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Automolos ophiocephalus (Schmidt, 1861) Graff, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Automolos ophiocephalus (Schmidt, 1861) Graff, 1882)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Monocelis ophiocephala Schmidt, 1861)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Automolos ophiocephalus (Schmidt, 1861) Graff, 1882)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
