Turbellarians taxon details
Macrostomum palum (Sluys, 1986)
1578519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1578519)
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Promacrostomum palum Sluys, 1986 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Promacrostomum palum Sluys, 1986) Sluys R. (1986) First representative of the order macrostomida in Australia (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomidae) Records of the South Australian Museum 19: 399-404 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Macrostomum palum (Sluys, 1986). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1578519 on 2026-06-25
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(of Promacrostomum palum Sluys, 1986) Sluys R. (1986) First representative of the order macrostomida in Australia (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomidae) Records of the South Australian Museum 19: 399-404 [details]
source of synonymy Brand, J. N.; Viktorin, G.; Wiberg, R. A. W.; Beisel, C.; Schärer, L. (2022). Large-scale phylogenomics of the genus Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes) reveals cryptic diversity and novel sexual traits. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 166: 107296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107296
page(s): 12 [details]
source of synonymy (of Promacrostomum palum Sluys, 1986) Brand, J. N.; Viktorin, G.; Wiberg, R. A. W.; Beisel, C.; Schärer, L. (2022). Large-scale phylogenomics of the genus Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes) reveals cryptic diversity and novel sexual traits. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 166: 107296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107296
page(s): 12; note: "With this reclassification, the genus Promacrostomum loses the type species and would only contain Promacrostomum palum Sluys, 1986 (Sluys, 1986), which was assigned to this genus becau...
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source of synonymy Brand, J. N.; Viktorin, G.; Wiberg, R. A. W.; Beisel, C.; Schärer, L. (2022). Large-scale phylogenomics of the genus Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes) reveals cryptic diversity and novel sexual traits. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 166: 107296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107296
page(s): 12 [details]
source of synonymy (of Promacrostomum palum Sluys, 1986) Brand, J. N.; Viktorin, G.; Wiberg, R. A. W.; Beisel, C.; Schärer, L. (2022). Large-scale phylogenomics of the genus Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes) reveals cryptic diversity and novel sexual traits. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 166: 107296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107296
page(s): 12; note: "With this reclassification, the genus Promacrostomum loses the type species and would only contain Promacrostomum palum Sluys, 1986 (Sluys, 1986), which was assigned to this genus becau...
"With this reclassification, the genus Promacrostomum loses the type species and would only contain Promacrostomum palum Sluys, 1986 (Sluys, 1986), which was assigned to this genus because it, like M. paradoxum, has two female genital openings (while a genitointestinal duct was not observed by Sluys). While it seems likely that a molecular placement of this species would reveal that it belongs to Macrostomum, it is unclear whether it would group with any of the known representatives with this trait state or represent yet an additional independent origin. Given that the main characteristic of the genus Promacrostomum, namely the presence of two female genital openings, has several independent origins, we consider Promacrostomum unjustified and transfer its last remaining species from Promacrostomum to Macrostomum palum (Sluys, 1986)."
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
