Turbellarians taxon details
Macrostomum brasiliense Marcus, 1952
1584104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1584104)
accepted
Species
Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) Ferguson, 1954 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Macrostomum appendiculatum brasiliensis Marcus, 1952 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Marcus, E. (1952). Turbellaria Brasileiros (10). <em>Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia Ciencias e Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo.</em> 17: 5-187., available online at http://www.revistas.usp.br/bsffclzoologia/article/view/125189/122278
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Macrostomum brasiliense Marcus, 1952. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1584104 on 2026-07-21
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Marcus, E. (1952). Turbellaria Brasileiros (10). <em>Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia Ciencias e Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo.</em> 17: 5-187., available online at http://www.revistas.usp.br/bsffclzoologia/article/view/125189/122278
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Ferguson, F. F. (1954). Monograph of the Macrostomine Worms of Turbellaria. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 73(2): 137-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223751
page(s): 141 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Zhang, S.; Shi, Y.; Zeng, Z.; Xin, F.; Deng, L.; Wang, A. (2021). Two New Brackish-Water Species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from China and Their Phylogenetic Positions. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 38(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zs200121
page(s): 4 [details]
taxonomy source Brand, J. N.; Harmon, L. J.; Schärer, L. (2021). Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. <em>Evolution Letters.</em> 6(1): 63-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.268
page(s): Suppl. 26 [details]
source of synonymy (of Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) Ferguson, 1954) Ferguson, F. F. (1954). Monograph of the Macrostomine Worms of Turbellaria. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 73(2): 137-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223751 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Macrostomum appendiculatum brasiliensis Marcus, 1952) Brand, J. N.; Harmon, L. J.; Schärer, L. (2021). Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. <em>Evolution Letters.</em> 6(1): 63-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.268
page(s): Suppl. 26 [details]
status source (of Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) Ferguson, 1954) Brand, J. N.; Harmon, L. J.; Schärer, L. (2021). Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. <em>Evolution Letters.</em> 6(1): 63-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.268
page(s): Suppl. 26 [details]
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Ferguson, F. F. (1954). Monograph of the Macrostomine Worms of Turbellaria. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 73(2): 137-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223751
page(s): 141 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Zhang, S.; Shi, Y.; Zeng, Z.; Xin, F.; Deng, L.; Wang, A. (2021). Two New Brackish-Water Species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from China and Their Phylogenetic Positions. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 38(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zs200121
page(s): 4 [details]
taxonomy source Brand, J. N.; Harmon, L. J.; Schärer, L. (2021). Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. <em>Evolution Letters.</em> 6(1): 63-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.268
page(s): Suppl. 26 [details]
source of synonymy (of Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) Ferguson, 1954) Ferguson, F. F. (1954). Monograph of the Macrostomine Worms of Turbellaria. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 73(2): 137-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223751 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Macrostomum appendiculatum brasiliensis Marcus, 1952) Brand, J. N.; Harmon, L. J.; Schärer, L. (2021). Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. <em>Evolution Letters.</em> 6(1): 63-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.268
page(s): Suppl. 26 [details]
status source (of Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) Ferguson, 1954) Brand, J. N.; Harmon, L. J.; Schärer, L. (2021). Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. <em>Evolution Letters.</em> 6(1): 63-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.268
page(s): Suppl. 26 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Validity Originally named as a subspecies Macrostomum appendiculatum forma brasiliensis Marcus, 1952, this was later raised to species and moved to Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) by Ferguson (1954). Given the issues with Archimacrostomum (see notes there), it is now referred to as Macrostomum brasiliense, as suggested by Zhang et al. 2021 and Brand et al 2021. [details]
