Turbellarians taxon details
Geoplana multicolor Graff, 1899
1807695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1807695)
accepted
Species
Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899 · alternative representation
Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013 · unaccepted > superseded combination
recent only
Not documented
Taxonomy Geoplana multicolor for a longtime covered the material of two different species. "G. multicolor" mentioned by Marcus...
Taxonomy Geoplana multicolor for a longtime covered the material of two different species. "G. multicolor" mentioned by Marcus (1951), Froehlich (1955, 1956a, 1956b, 1958), Leal-Zanchet & Matos (2011) and Negrete & Brusa (2017; here as Paraba multicolor) actually refers to another species, descrbed as Paraparaba impositrix Rossi, Boll & Leal-Zanchet, 2024 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Geoplana multicolor Graff, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1807695 on 2026-06-15
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(of Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899) Graff, L. von. (1899). Monographie der Turbellarien. II. Tricladida terricola Vol 1: XII+574 pp. Engelmann, Leipzig, 574 pp
page(s): 326 [details]
taxonomy source (of Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899) Rossi, I.; Boll, P. K.; Leal-Zanchet, A. M. (2024). Multispecies multicolor: resolving the century-old taxonomic trouble of Geoplana multicolor (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae). <em>Zoologia (Curitiba).</em> 41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23093 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013) Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
new combination reference (of Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013) Carbayo, F.; Álvarez-Presas, M.; Olivares, C. T.; Marques, F. P. L.; Froehlich, E. M.; Riutort, M. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(5): 508-528., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12019 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 326 [details]
taxonomy source (of Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899) Rossi, I.; Boll, P. K.; Leal-Zanchet, A. M. (2024). Multispecies multicolor: resolving the century-old taxonomic trouble of Geoplana multicolor (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae). <em>Zoologia (Curitiba).</em> 41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23093 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013) Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
new combination reference (of Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013) Carbayo, F.; Álvarez-Presas, M.; Olivares, C. T.; Marques, F. P. L.; Froehlich, E. M.; Riutort, M. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(5): 508-528., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12019 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Geoplana multicolor for a longtime covered the material of two different species. "G. multicolor" mentioned by Marcus (1951), Froehlich (1955, 1956a, 1956b, 1958), Leal-Zanchet & Matos (2011) and Negrete & Brusa (2017; here as Paraba multicolor) actually refers to another species, descrbed as Paraparaba impositrix Rossi, Boll & Leal-Zanchet, 2024 [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraba multicolor) (from synonym Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraba multicolor) (from synonym Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database