Turbellarians name details
Gyrator helgolandicus Attems, 1896
155111 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155111)
unaccepted
Species
Gyrator Ehrenberg, 1835 accepted as Gyratrix Ehrenberg, 1831
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Attems, C. G. (1896). Beiträge zur Meeresfauna von Helgoland. VI. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der rhabdocoelen Turbellarien Helgolands. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 2(1): 219-232, pl 1.
page(s): 226-227 [details]
page(s): 226-227 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Gyrator helgolandicus Attems, 1896. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155111 on 2026-08-03
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original description
Attems, C. G. (1896). Beiträge zur Meeresfauna von Helgoland. VI. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der rhabdocoelen Turbellarien Helgolands. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 2(1): 219-232, pl 1.
page(s): 226-227 [details]
source of synonymy 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
note: Graff coined Gyratrix attemsi as a "nomen novum" for Gyrator helgolandicus Attems, 1896 as the latter name was preoccupied by Gyrator helgolandicus Jensen, 1878. [details]
page(s): 226-227 [details]
source of synonymy 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
note: Graff coined Gyratrix attemsi as a "nomen novum" for Gyrator helgolandicus Attems, 1896 as the latter name was preoccupied by Gyrator helgolandicus Jensen, 1878. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality