Turbellarians taxon details
Phagocata Leidy, 1847
414959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414959)
accepted
Genus
Albioplanaria Kawakatsu, 1966 · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Albiplanaria Komarek, 1926 · unaccepted
Fondicola Buchanan, 1936 · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Fonticola Komárek, 1926 · unaccepted
Penecurva Livanov & Zabusova, 1940 · unaccepted
- Species Phagocata albata Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1962
- Species Phagocata albissima (Vejdovsky, 1883)
- Species Phagocata altaica (Livanov & Zabusova, 1940)
- Species Phagocata angusta Kenk, 1977
- Species Phagocata arethusa (Dalyell, 1814)
- Species Phagocata armeniaca (Komarek, 1916)
- Species Phagocata asymmetrica Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Species Phagocata bosniaca (Stankovic, 1926)
- Species Phagocata bulbosa Kenk, 1970
- Species Phagocata bursaperforata Darlington, 1959
- Species Phagocata carolinensis Kenk, 1979
- Species Phagocata cavernicola Hyman, 1954
- Species Phagocata coarctica (Arndt, 1920)
- Species Phagocata cornuta Chichoff, 1903
- Species Phagocata crenophila Carpenter, 1969
- Species Phagocata dalmatica (Stankovic & Komarek, 1927)
- Species Phagocata delamarei (Gourbault, 1969)
- Species Phagocata fawcetti Ball & Gourbault, 1975
- Species Phagocata flamenca Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Species Phagocata fontinalis (Sabussow, 1903)
- Species Phagocata gallaeciae Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Species Phagocata gracilis (Haldeman, 1840)
- Species Phagocata graeca Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Species Phagocata hamptonae Kenk, 1982
- Species Phagocata hellenica Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Species Phagocata holleri Kenk, 1979
- Species Phagocata illyrica (Komarek, 1919)
- Species Phagocata iwamai Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1962
- Species Phagocata kawakatsui Okugawa, 1956
- Species Phagocata leptophallus (Reisinger, 1963)
- Species Phagocata macedonica (Stankovic, 1926)
- Species Phagocata maculata (Stankovic, 1938)
- Species Phagocata mesorchis (Livanov & Zabusova, 1940)
- Species Phagocata monopharyngea Hyman, 1945
- Species Phagocata morgani (Stevens & Boring, 1906)
- Species Phagocata nivea Kenk, 1953
- Species Phagocata nordeni Kenk, 1977
- Species Phagocata notadena (de Beauchamp, 1937)
- Species Phagocata notorchis Kenk, 1987
- Species Phagocata ochridana (Stankovic & Komarek, 1927)
- Species Phagocata olivacea (Schmidt, 1861)
- Species Phagocata opisthogona (Kenk, 1936)
- Species Phagocata oregonensis Hyman, 1963
- Species Phagocata papillifera (Ijima & Kaburaki, 1916)
- Species Phagocata paravitta (Reisinger, 1923)
- Species Phagocata paravittoides (Livanov & Zabusova, 1940)
- Species Phagocata pellucida (Ijima & Kaburaki, 1916)
- Species Phagocata procera Kenk, 1984
- Species Phagocata prosorchis (Kenk, 1937)
- Species Phagocata punctata Bromley-Schnur, 2021
- Species Phagocata pygmaea Kenk, 1987
- Species Phagocata pyrenaica Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011
- Species Phagocata racovitzai (de Beauchamp, 1928)
- Species Phagocata sibirica (Sabussow, 1903)
- Species Phagocata spuria Kenk, 1987
- Species Phagocata stankovici (Reisinger, 1960)
- Species Phagocata suginoi Kawakatsu, 1974
- Species Phagocata tahoena Kawakatsu, 1968
- Species Phagocata teletzkiana (Livanov & Zabusova, 1940)
- Species Phagocata tenella Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1963
- Species Phagocata teshirogi Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1962
- Species Phagocata tigrina (Girard, 1850)
- Species Phagocata tshukotica Porfirieva, 1980
- Species Phagocata ullala Sluys, Ribas & Baguna, 1995
- Species Phagocata undulata (Stankovic, 1960)
- Species Phagocata velata (Stringer, 1909)
- Species Phagocata vernalis Kenk, 1944
- Species Phagocata virilis Kenk, 1977
- Species Phagocata vitta (Duges, 1830)
- Species Phagocata vivida (Ijima & Kaburaki, 1916)
- Species Phagocata woodworthi Hyman, 1937
- Species Phagocata coronata Girard, 1891 accepted as Polycelis (Polycelis) coronata (Girard, 1891) Stringer, 1918 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Phagocata gracilis Leidy, 1847 accepted as Phagocata gracilis (Haldeman, 1840)
- Species Phagocata miyadii Okugawa, 1939 accepted as Phagocata vivida (Ijima & Kaburaki, 1916)
- Species Phagocata subterranea Hyman, 1937 accepted as Phagocata gracilis (Haldeman, 1840) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Phagocata toyo-okaensis Ni-imura, 1988 accepted as Phagocata kawakatsui Okugawa, 1956
- Species Phagocata truncata Leidy, 1851 accepted as Phagocata morgani (Stevens & Boring, 1906)
- Species Phagocata uenoi Okugawa, 1939 accepted as Phagocata vivida (Ijima & Kaburaki, 1916)
fresh
Leidy, J. (1847). Description and anatomy of a new and curious subgenus of Planaria (Phagocata gracilis). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1850-1851., 3: 248-251 [also publ in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser 2, vol 1: 242-245. London], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26296425 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Phagocata Leidy, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414959 on 2026-07-15
original description
Leidy, J. (1847). Description and anatomy of a new and curious subgenus of Planaria (Phagocata gracilis). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1850-1851., 3: 248-251 [also publ in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser 2, vol 1: 242-245. London], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26296425 [details]
source of synonymy (of Penecurva Livanov & Zabusova, 1940) Kenk, R. (1974). Index of the Genera and Species of the Fresh Water Triclads (Turbellaria) of the World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 183: 1-90, available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0183.pdf [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Penecurva Livanov & Zabusova, 1940) Kenk, R. (1974). Index of the Genera and Species of the Fresh Water Triclads (Turbellaria) of the World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 183: 1-90, available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0183.pdf [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phagocata)
To Genbank
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Albiplanaria Komarek, 1926)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Fonticola Komárek, 1926)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Penecurva Livanov & Zabusova, 1940)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Albioplanaria Kawakatsu, 1966)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Fondicola Buchanan, 1936)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106411)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Albiplanaria Komarek, 1926)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Fonticola Komárek, 1926)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Penecurva Livanov & Zabusova, 1940)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Albioplanaria Kawakatsu, 1966)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Fondicola Buchanan, 1936)To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106411)
To ITIS