Turbellarians - Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857

Turbellarians taxon details

Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857

AphiaID

414975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414975)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Geoplanoidea Stimpson, 1857

Synonymised names

Terricola · unaccepted (suppressed)

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Subfamily Bipaliinae Stimpson, 1857
1. Genus Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
2. Genus Diversibipalium Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froehlich & Sasaki, 2002
3. Genus Humbertium Ogren & Sluys, 2001
4. Genus Novibipalium Kawakatsu, Ogren & Froehlich, 1998
5. Genus Umbotectum Solà & Sluys, 2023
6. Genus Vermiviatum Solà & Sluys, 2023
7. Genus Dunlopea Wright, 1860 accepted as Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
8. Genus Perocephalus Graff, 1896 accepted as Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
9. Genus Placocephalus Graff, 1896 accepted as Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
10. Genus Sphaerocephalus Loman, 1888 accepted as Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
11. Genus Sphyrocephalus Bleeker, 1844 accepted as Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
Subfamily Geoplaninae Stimpson, 1857
1. Tribe Adinoplanini Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
  1. Genus Adinoplana Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
2. Genus Anophthalmoplana Negrete, Lenguas Francavilla, Damborenea & Brusa, 2022
3. Tribe Geoplanini Stimpson, 1851
  1. Genus Amaga Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990
  2. Genus Barreirana Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990
  3. Genus Bogga Grau & Sluys, 2012
  4. Genus Cephaloflexa Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2003
  5. Genus Choeradoplana Graff, 1896
  6. Genus Cratera Carbayo, Alvarez-Presas, Olivares, Marques, Froehlich & Riutort, 2013
  7. Genus Difroehlichia Leal-Zanchet & Marques, 2018
  8. Genus Geobia Diesing, 1862
  9. Genus Geoplana Müller, 1856
  10. Genus Gigantea Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990
  11. Genus Imbira Carbayo, Alvarez-Presas, Olivares, Marques, Froehlich & Riutort, 2013
  12. Genus Issoca Froehlich, 1954
  13. Genus Luteostriata Carbayo, 2010
  14. Genus Matuxia Carbayo, Alvarez-Presas, Olivares, Marques, Froehlich & Riutort, 2013
  15. Genus Notogynaphallia Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990
  16. Genus Obama Carbayo, Alvarez-Presas, Olivares, Marques, Froehlich & Riutort, 2013
  17. Genus Paraparaba Rossi, Boll & Leal-Zanchet, 2024
  18. Genus Pasipha Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990
  19. Genus Piima Carbayo, 2020
  20. Genus Pseudogeoplana Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990
  21. Genus Supramontana Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2003
  22. Genus Transandiplana Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
  23. Genus Winsoria Negrete et al., 2020
  24. Genus Xerapoa Froehlich, 1955
  25. Genus Paraba Carbayo, Alvarez-Presas, Olivares, Marques, Froehlich & Riutort, 2013 accepted as Paraparaba Rossi, Boll & Leal-Zanchet, 2024 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
4. Tribe Gusanini Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
  1. Genus Gusana Froehlich, 1978
5. Tribe Haranini Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
  1. Genus Harana Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
6. Tribe Inakayaliini Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
  1. Genus Inakayalia Negrete, Alvarez-Presas, Riutort & Brusa, 2021
7. Tribe Myoplanini Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
  1. Genus Myoplana Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
8. Tribe Polycladini Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
9. Genus Polycladus Blanchard, 1847
10. Tribe Sarcoplanini Almeida & Carbayo, 2023
11. Tribe Timymini Almeida & Carbayo, 2021
  1. Genus Timyma Froehlich, 1978
12. Genus Enterosyringa Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 accepted as Xerapoa Froehlich, 1955
13. Genus Xarapoa Froehlich, 1955 accepted as Xerapoa Froehlich, 1955 (original misspelling)
Subfamily Microplaninae Pantin, 1953
1. Genus Amblyplana Graff, 1896
2. Genus Diporodemus Hyman, 1938
3. Genus Geobenazzia Minelli, 1974
4. Genus Incapora Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953
5. Genus Microplana Vejdovsky, 1890
6. Genus Othelosoma Gray, 1869
7. Genus Pseudartiocotylus Ikeda, 1911
8. Genus Statomicroplana Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003
9. Genus Artiocotylus Graff, 1896 (suppressed)
10. Genus Geodesmus Metschnikoff, 1865 (suppressed)
11. Genus Orthodemus Hyman, 1954 accepted as Microplana Vejdovsky, 1890
Subfamily Rhynchodeminae Graff, 1896
1. Tribe Anzoplanini Winsor, 2006
  1. Genus Anzoplana Winsor, 2006
  2. Genus Marionfyfea Winsor, 2011
  3. Genus Fyfea Winsor, 2006 accepted as Marionfyfea Winsor, 2011 (Preoccupied name)
2. Tribe Argaplanini Winsor, 2011
  1. Genus Argaplana
3. Tribe Caenoplanini Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
  1. Genus Arthurdendyus Jones & Gerard, 1999
  2. Genus Artioposthia Graff, 1896
  3. Genus Australopacifica Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
  4. Genus Australoplana Winsor, 1991
  5. Genus Caenoplana Moseley, 1877
  6. Genus Coleocephalus Fyfe, 1953
  7. Genus Endeavouria Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
  8. Genus Fletchamia Winsor, 1991
  9. Genus Kontikia Froehlich, 1954
  10. Genus Lenkunya Winsor, 1991
  11. Genus Newzealandia Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
  12. Genus Pimea Winsor, 1991
  13. Genus Reomkago Winsor, 1991
  14. Genus Tasmanoplana Winsor, 1991
  15. Genus Coenoplana Moseley, 1877 accepted as Parakontikia Winsor, 1991 accepted as Kontikia Froehlich, 1954
  16. Genus Elattodemus Haslauer-Gamisch, 1982 accepted as Caenoplana Moseley, 1877
  17. Genus Parakontikia Winsor, 1991 accepted as Kontikia Froehlich, 1954 (Junior synonym of Kontikia Froehlich, 1955)
4. Tribe Eudoxiaotopoplanini Winsor, 2009
  1. Genus Eudoxiatopoplana Winsor, 2009
5. Tribe Pelmatoplanini Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
  1. Genus Beauchampius Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
  2. Genus Pelmatoplana Graff, 1896
  3. Genus Permatoplana Kawakatsu & Basil, 1971 accepted as Pelmatoplana Graff, 1896 (literature misspelling)
6. Tribe Rhynchodemini Heinzel, 1929
  1. Genus Anisorhynchodemus Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003
  2. Genus Cotyloplana Spencer, 1892
  3. Genus Digonopyla Fischer, 1926
  4. Genus Dolichoplana Moseley, 1877
  5. Genus Platydemus Graff, 1896
  6. Genus Rhynchodemus Leidy, 1851
Subfamily Anzoplaninae Winsor, 2006 accepted as Anzoplanini Winsor, 2006 (revision by Sluys et al.. (2009))
Subfamily Caenoplaninae Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991 accepted as Caenoplanini Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
Subfamily Eudoxiatopoplaninae Winsor, 2009 accepted as Eudoxiaotopoplanini Winsor, 2009
Subfamily Pelmatoplaninae Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991 accepted as Pelmatoplanini Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
Subfamily Timyminae Almeida & Carbayo, 2021 accepted as Timymini Almeida & Carbayo, 2021 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414975 on 2026-02-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-09-23 08:40:38Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-06-15 07:03:37Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

2025-04-15 06:33:45Z

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Artois, Tom

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additional source Song, J.-H.; Carbayo, F. (2024). Present and future of the study on Korean land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae). Zoologia (Curitiba). 41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23083 [details] Available for editors

additional source De Luna, M.; Boll, P. K. (2023). An annotated checklist of terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from Mexico, with new records of invasive species from a citizen science platform and a new nomen dubium. Zootaxa. 5297(4): 518-532., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.3 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kehoma Boll, P.; Luna, M. D. (2025). Diversity of land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in Central America: annotated checklist with new records of native and introduced species from citizen science. Zootaxa. 5695(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5695.1.1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Benítez-Álvarez, L.; Escudero, N.; Salces-Ortiz, J.; Rojo, I.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Mateos, E.; Carbayo, F.; Fernández, R. (2025). Disentangling the evolutionary history of terrestrial planarians through phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 210: 108371., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108371 [details] Available for editors

additional source Fourcade, Y.; Gladieu, R.; Dupont, L.; Roy, V.; Thévenot, J.; Justine, J.-L. (2025). Co-occurrence patterns of introduced terrestrial flatworms in metropolitan France revealed by citizen science. Biological Invasions. 27(10)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03684-4 [details] Available for editors

additional source Jones, H. D. (2025). British land flatworms: identification and an update. British Wildlife. 37(1): 29–38. [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy (of Terricola) Sluys, R.; Kawakatsu, M.; Riutort, M.; Baguñà, J. (2009). A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Journal of Natural History. 43(29-30): 1763-1777., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930902741669
page(s): 1773 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geoplanidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Terricola) (from synonym Terricola)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Terricola)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

(from synonym Terricola)
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