Turbellarians - Gnesioceros Diesing, 1862

Turbellarians taxon details

Gnesioceros Diesing, 1862

AphiaID

158294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158294)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gnesiocerotidae Marcus & Marcus, 1966

Synonymised names

Pelagoplana Bock, 1913 · unaccepted

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Species Gnesioceros floridana (Pearse, 1938)
Species Gnesioceros sargassicola (Mertens, 1833) Hyman, 1939
Species Gnesioceros mertens (Diesing, 1850) accepted as Gnesioceros sargassicola (Mertens, 1833) Hyman, 1939
Species Gnesioceros mertensi (Diesing, 1850) Diesing, 1862 accepted as Gnesioceros sargassicola (Mertens, 1833) Hyman, 1939 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Gnesioceros pellucidus (Mertens, 1833) accepted as Planocera pellucida (Mertens, 1833) Örsted, 1844
Species Gnesioceros verrilli Hyman, 1939 accepted as Gnesioceros floridana (Pearse, 1938)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Gnesioceros Diesing, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158294 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-25 10:44:50Z

created

Claus, Simon

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-06-17 13:06:02Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

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additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gnesioceros)
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To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

(from synonym Pelagoplana Bock, 1913)
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