Turbellarians name details
Planaria obscura (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776
1722985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1722985)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Fasciola obscura Müller, 1773 · unaccepted > superseded combination
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(of Fasciola obscura Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): Pars Altera: 65–66 [details]
page(s): Pars Altera: 65–66 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Planaria obscura (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1722985 on 2026-01-18
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(of Fasciola obscura Müller, 1773) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): Pars Altera: 65–66 [details]
taxonomy source Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 225; note: Mentioned as (doubtful) synonym of Turbella unipunctata [details]
taxonomy source Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 560; note: Synonymy mentioned by Örsted, but considered doubtful. [details]
additional source Paula Schrank, F. von. (1803). Fauna boica: Durchgedachte Geschichte dere in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. <em>Band 3, Abtheilung 2. Landshut.</em> i-xix + 1-372., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51801
page(s): 171–172 [details]
new combination reference Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 222 (No° 2693) [details]
status source Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 368; note: Mentions it as a doubtful synonym of Derostoma unipuctata, but in the discussion suggests it is a to be considered a nomen dubium. [details]
page(s): Pars Altera: 65–66 [details]
taxonomy source Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 225; note: Mentioned as (doubtful) synonym of Turbella unipunctata [details]
taxonomy source Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 560; note: Synonymy mentioned by Örsted, but considered doubtful. [details]
additional source Paula Schrank, F. von. (1803). Fauna boica: Durchgedachte Geschichte dere in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. <em>Band 3, Abtheilung 2. Landshut.</em> i-xix + 1-372., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51801
page(s): 171–172 [details]
new combination reference Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 222 (No° 2693) [details]
status source Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 368; note: Mentions it as a doubtful synonym of Derostoma unipuctata, but in the discussion suggests it is a to be considered a nomen dubium. [details]