Turbellarians - Ectocotyla paguri Hyman, 1944

Turbellarians name details

Ectocotyla paguri Hyman, 1944

AphiaID

152876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152876)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym)

Accepted name

Ectocotyla hirudo Levinsen, 1879

Rank

Species

Parent

Ectocotyla Hyman, 1944

Original name

Ectocotyla paguri Hyman, 1944

Environment

marine

Original description

Hyman, L. H. (1944). Marine turbellaria from the Atlantic coast of North America. <em>American museum Novitates.</em> 1266: 42036. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Maine

type locality contained in Maine [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ectocotyla paguri Hyman, 1944. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152876 on 2026-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-14 10:26:53Z

created

Artois, Tom

2010-06-29 05:44:17Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

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original description Hyman, L. H. (1944). Marine turbellaria from the Atlantic coast of North America. <em>American museum Novitates.</em> 1266: 42036. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Habitat Ectocommensal on the surface of the hermit crab, Pagurus pubescens. Active, lively, moving rapidely about in measuring-worm fashion, alternately attaching anterior end and adhesive disk. [details]

To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

To ITIS

Unreviewed

Ectocotyla paguri