Turbellarians taxon details
original description
(of Planaria affinis Ørsted, 1843) Örsted, A.S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8):519-581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pdf4/096962500019563.pdf [details]
original description
(of Procerodes littoralis Van Beneden, 1860) Beneden, P.J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la Faune littorale de Belgique - Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56. With 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [details]
original description
(of Procerodes grisea Verril, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501 [details]
original description
(of Planaria hebes Dalyell, 1852) Dalyell, J.G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator displayed in the Creation: or, observations on life amidst the various forms of the humbler tribes of animated nature with practical comments and illustrations. <em>van Voorst, London.</em> 2 pp.359. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [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
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
(of Planaria affinis Ørsted, 1843) Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
basis of record
(of Procerodes grisea Verril, 1873) Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
basis of record
(of Procerodes littoralis Van Beneden, 1860) Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
basis of record
(of Planaria hebes Dalyell, 1852) Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
source of synonymy
(of Procerodes littoralis Van Beneden, 1860) Sluys, R. (1989). A monograph of marine triclads. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield., 463 pp
page(s): 133 [details]
source of synonymy
(of Planaria hebes Dalyell, 1852) Ball, I.R.; Reynoldson, T.B. (1981). British Planarians: Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: keys and notes for identification of the species. <em>Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 19. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-28272-1.</em> 141 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58 [details]
source of synonymy
(of Procerodes grisea Verril, 1873) Sluys, R. (1989). A monograph of marine triclads. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield., 463 pp
page(s): 133 [details]
source of synonymy
(of Planaria affinis Ørsted, 1843) Sluys, R. (1989). A monograph of marine triclads. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield., 463 pp
page(s): 133 [details]
source of synonymy
(of Fovia affinis (Ørsted, 1843)) Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem a Republica Federata missa, Johanne Rodgers Duce, observavit et descripsit. Pars I, Turbellaria Dendrocoela. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 19-31 [1-13 in separate]., available online at https://archive.org/details/prodromusdescrip00stim [details]
From other sources
Authority (Oersted, 1843) [details]
Diet generally, most turbellarians are carnivorous or are scavengers on dead animal tissue [details]
Distribution geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy and Cobscook Bay [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic yet self-fertilization is uncommon [details]
Taxonomy Class: Acoelomorpha, Order: Seriata, Suborder: Tricladida, Infraorder: Maricola, Superfamily: Bdellouroidea, Family: Uteriporidae, and Subfamily: Uteriporinae according to Trott (2004). [details]