Turbellarians name details
Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947
178731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178731)
unaccepted > superseded rank (Considered a full species since Armonies (1987), and treated as such since then.)
Subspecies
recent only
Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-52, Fig 14 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 50-52, Fig 14 [details] Available for editors
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178731 on 2026-06-13
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Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-52, Fig 14 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
status source Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 3: 81-156.
page(s): 122 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 50-52, Fig 14 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
status source Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 3: 81-156.
page(s): 122 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
