Turbellarians name details
Philosyrtis monotoides Giard, 1904
143620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143620)
uncertain > nomen dubium (The name cannot be applied, as the description was on a juvenile specimen of Archotoplaninae (Ax & Ax, 1967))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Giard, M.A. (1904). Sur une faunule caractéristique des sables à diatomées d'Ambleteuse III. Les Gastrotriches abberrants. <em>Comptes rendus des séances de la Société de Biologie.</em> Ser. 10, 56: 1063-1065.
page(s): 1065 [details]
page(s): 1065 [details]
Taxonomic remark Described on a juvenile specimen of Parotoplaninae, which is impossible to recognise, hence the name should not further be...
Taxonomic remark Described on a juvenile specimen of Parotoplaninae, which is impossible to recognise, hence the name should not further be used and the "species" can no longer be the type species of the genus (see Ax & Ax, 1967) [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Philosyrtis monotoides Giard, 1904. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143620 on 2026-07-23
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Giard, M.A. (1904). Sur une faunule caractéristique des sables à diatomées d'Ambleteuse III. Les Gastrotriches abberrants. <em>Comptes rendus des séances de la Société de Biologie.</em> Ser. 10, 56: 1063-1065.
page(s): 1065 [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
status source Ax, P.; Ax, R. (1967). Turbellaria proseriata von der Pazifikküste der USA (Washington) 1. otoplanidae. <em>Zeitschrit fur der Morphologie der Tiere.</em> 61: 215-254., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00400987
page(s): 249 [details]
page(s): 1065 [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
status source Ax, P.; Ax, R. (1967). Turbellaria proseriata von der Pazifikküste der USA (Washington) 1. otoplanidae. <em>Zeitschrit fur der Morphologie der Tiere.</em> 61: 215-254., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00400987
page(s): 249 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Described on a juvenile specimen of Parotoplaninae, which is impossible to recognise, hence the name should not further be used and the "species" can no longer be the type species of the genus (see Ax & Ax, 1967) [details]
