Turbellarians taxon details

Microplana terrestris (Müller OF, 1773) Linden, 1900

To NHMUK collection (Microplana terrestris (Müller OF, 1773) Linden, 1900; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9528616)
To NHMUK collection (Microplana terrestris (Müller OF, 1773) Linden, 1900; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9528616)

416381  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416381)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Tricladida (Order)
  6. Continenticola (Suborder)
  7. Geoplanoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Geoplanidae (Family)
  9. Microplaninae (Subfamily)
  10. Microplana (Genus)
  11. Microplana terrestris (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Fasciola terrestris 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 [details] OpenAccess publication
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Microplana terrestris (Müller OF, 1773) Linden, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416381 on 2025-11-16
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original description (of Rhynchodemus carli Fuhrmann, 1914) Fuhrmann, O. (1914). Zwei neue Landplanarien aus der Schweiz. Revue Suisse de Zool, 22:435-456
page(s): 441 pl. xiii figs. 1-7 [details] 

original description (of Rhynchodemus richardi Bendl, 1909) Bendl, W. E. (1909). Europaeische Rhynchodemiden. I. Z wiss Zool, 92:51-74
page(s): 66-72 [details] 

original description (of Fasciola terrestris 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 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Rhynchodemus styriacus Freisling, 1935) Freisling, J. (1935). Uber Rhynchodemiden (Turbellaria, Tricladida Terricola) der Gattung Rhynchodemus Leidy und Artiocotylus Graff und ihre weiblichen Geschlechtsgänge. Mitt Naturwiss Ver Steierm, 72: 1-22 1 pl.
page(s): 5-9, Fig. 1 [details] 

basis of record BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [details] 

new combination reference Linden, M. von. (1900). Die Farbung und Zeichnung der Landplanarien. <em>Biologisches Centralblatt.</em> 20(16): 556–560. [details] OpenAccess publication

identification resource Jones, H. D. (2005). British Land Flatworms. <em>British Wildlife.</em> 16(1): 189-194. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source (of Fasciola terrestris Müller, 1773) de Férussac, M. (1821). Sur une nouvelle espèce de ver terrestre du Brésil. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie et d' histoire naturelle.</em> 92: 233–235. Plate 2. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Fasciola terrestris Müller, 1773) Zacharias. (1888–1889). Landplanarien auf Pilzen. <em>Biologisches Centralblatt.</em> 8: 542–543. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Örsted, A.S. (1844). Entwurf einer systematischen Einteilung und speciellen Beschreibung der Plattwuermer auf microscopische Untersuchungen gegründet. <em>J.C. Scharling, Copenhagen.</em> 96 p., 3 taf.
page(s): 55 [details] 

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Semper, K. (1880). Die naturlichen Existenzbedingungen der Thiere. Erster Theil. [The Natural Conditions of Existence of Animals. First Part]. <em>Internationale Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek, Leipzig. (.</em> 299 pp.
page(s): 229 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347
page(s): XIII [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Cuvier, F. G. (1826). Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles,dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les artes. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du roi, et des princpales écoles de Paris. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): 215 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) 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): 206 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1836). Die Akalephen des Rothen Meeres und der Organismus der Medusen der Ostsee erläutert und auf Systematik angewendet. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin.</em> 111 pp.
page(s): 67 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Dugès, A. (1830). Aperçu de quelques observations nouvelles sur les Planaires et plusieurs genres voisins. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles.</em> 1. Ser. Tom. 21: 72-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32172479 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Houghton, W. (1870). On two species of Land-Planarians from Borneo. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4(6): 255–257. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) 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): 552 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 306–307 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Gmelin, J.F. (1791). Caroli a Linné, systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI.: pp. 3021–3910.
page(s): 3092–3093; note: Entry number 33. Name "terrestris" not readable in copy. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Jenyns. (1846). Observations in natural history: with an introduction on habits of observing, as connected with the study of that science. Also a calendar of periodic phenomena in natural history; with remarks on the importance of such registers. 441 p.
page(s): 315–317; note: The authorship of this record is not clear. Acoording to Graff (1899: p.4) it is to be attributed to Blomefield, a name also appearing in hand writing on the title page of the publication. However, th...    
The authorship of this record is not clear. Acoording to Graff (1899: p.4) it is to be attributed to Blomefield, a name also appearing in hand writing on the title page of the publication. However, the name "Blomefield" is nowhere else in the publication.
[details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Noll, F.C. (1862). Über eine Landplanarie (Planaria terrestris, O. F. Müll.). <em>Der Zoologische Garten.</em> 3: 254–255. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Steenstrup, J. (1869). Om Jord-Fladormens (Planaria terrestris O. F. M.) Forekomst i Danmark. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 189-194. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Lubbock, J. (1870). Note on the Discovery of Planaria terrestris in England. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Leuckart, R. (1869). Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der niedern Thiere während der Jahre 1868 und 1869. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 35(2): 207–344., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7059314 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Blomefield, L. (1877). Note on the occurrence of the Land Planaria (Planaria terrestris) in the neighbourhood of Bath. <em>Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club.</em> 3: 72–73. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Graff, L. von. (1879). Ueber einige interessante Thiere des Zoologischen und des Palmengartens zu Frankfurt a. M. <em>Der Zoologische Garten.</em> 20: 196–199. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) Carrière, J. (1879). Ein neuer Fundort von Planaria terrestris 0. F. Müller. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 2(45): 668. [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy (of Rhynchodemus styriacus Freisling, 1935) Kawakatsu, M.; Froehlich, E. M.; Jones, H. D.; Ogren, R. E.; Sasaki, G. Y. (2003). Miscellaneous Papers on Turbellarians. II. Additions and corrections of the previous land planarian indices of the world (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola) --11. <em>Bull. Fuji Women's University.</em> No. 41, Ser. 2: 89-114. [1-18; http://planarian.net/].
page(s): 2 [details] 

source of synonymy (of Microplana albicollis (Graff, 1899)) Kawakatsu, M.; Froehlich, E. M.; Jones, H. D.; Ogren, R. E.; Sasaki, G. Y. (2003). Miscellaneous Papers on Turbellarians. II. Additions and corrections of the previous land planarian indices of the world (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola) --11. <em>Bull. Fuji Women's University.</em> No. 41, Ser. 2: 89-114. [1-18; http://planarian.net/].
page(s): 9 [details] 

source of synonymy (of Microplana atrocyanea (Walton, 1912)) Kawakatsu, M.; Froehlich, E. M.; Jones, H. D.; Ogren, R. E.; Sasaki, G. Y. (2003). Miscellaneous Papers on Turbellarians. II. Additions and corrections of the previous land planarian indices of the world (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola) --11. <em>Bull. Fuji Women's University.</em> No. 41, Ser. 2: 89-114. [1-18; http://planarian.net/].
page(s): 9 [details] 

source of synonymy (of Microplana carli Fuhrmann, 1914) Kawakatsu, M.; Froehlich, E. M.; Jones, H. D.; Ogren, R. E.; Sasaki, G. Y. (2003). Miscellaneous Papers on Turbellarians. II. Additions and corrections of the previous land planarian indices of the world (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola) --11. <em>Bull. Fuji Women's University.</em> No. 41, Ser. 2: 89-114. [1-18; http://planarian.net/].
page(s): 9 [details] 

source of synonymy (of Microplana richardi (Bendl, 1909)) Kawakatsu, M.; Froehlich, E. M.; Jones, H. D.; Ogren, R. E.; Sasaki, G. Y. (2003). Miscellaneous Papers on Turbellarians. II. Additions and corrections of the previous land planarian indices of the world (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola) --11. <em>Bull. Fuji Women's University.</em> No. 41, Ser. 2: 89-114. [1-18; http://planarian.net/].
page(s): 9 [details] 

source of synonymy (of Microplana styriaca (Freisling, 1935)) Kawakatsu, M.; Froehlich, E. M.; Jones, H. D.; Ogren, R. E.; Sasaki, G. Y. (2003). Miscellaneous Papers on Turbellarians. II. Additions and corrections of the previous land planarian indices of the world (Turbellaria, Seriata, Tricladida, Terricola) --11. <em>Bull. Fuji Women's University.</em> No. 41, Ser. 2: 89-114. [1-18; http://planarian.net/].
page(s): 9 [details] 

new combination reference (of Geoplana terrestris (Müller, 1773) Schultze, 1856) Schultze, Max. (1856). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Landplanarien nach Mittheilungen des Dr. Fritz Müller in Brasilien und nach eigenen Untersuchungen. <em>Abhandl. d. naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Halle.</em> 4(1): 19-38. [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Planaria terrestris (Müller, 1773) Müller, 1776) 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 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Swedish landplanarie [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (65 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Microplana mahnerti Minelli, 1977)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orthodemus terrestris (Müller OF, 1773))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhynchodemus albicollis Graff, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Microplana richardi (Bendl, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Microplana styriaca (Freisling, 1935))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Geodesmus terrestris (Müller, 1773) De Man, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhynchodemus carli Fuhrmann, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhynchodemus richardi Bendl, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhynchodemus atrocyaneus (Walton, 1912))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Fasciola terrestris Müller, 1773)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Rhynchodemus terrestris (Müller, 1773) Leidy, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Geoplana terrestris (Müller, 1773) Schultze, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microplana terrestris) 
To GenBank (370 nucleotides; 290 proteins) 
To NHMUK collection (Microplana terrestris (Müller OF, 1773) Linden, 1900; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9528616) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Rhynchodemus terrestris (Müller, 1773) Leidy, 1851)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (16 records) (from synonym Microplana atrocyanea (Walton, 1912))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (4 records) (from synonym Geodesmus atrocyaneus Walton, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (6 records) (from synonym Rhynchodemus atrocyaneus (Walton, 1912))
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