Turbellarians - Castrella Fuhrmann, 1900

Turbellarians taxon details

Castrella Fuhrmann, 1900

Castrella truncata

AphiaID

479416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479416)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Dalyelliidae Graff, 1905

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Subgenus Castrella (Castrella) Fuhrmann, 1900
1. Species Castrella (Castrella) alba Luther, 1955
2. Species Castrella (Castrella) cylindrica Riedel, 1932
3. Species Castrella (Castrella) groenlandica Riedel, 1932
4. Species Castrella (Castrella) pinguis (Silliman, 1884) Fuhrmann, 1900
5. Species Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
6. Species Castrella (Castrella) vernalis Beklemischev, 1921
7. Species Castrella (Castrella) graffi Hayes, 1945 (uncertain)
8. Species Castrella (Castrella) agilis Fuhrmann, 1900 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
9. Species Castrella (Castrella) bardeaui (Steinböck, 1926) Riedel, 1932 accepted as Fulinskiella bardeaui (Steinböck, 1926) Gieysztor & Szynal, 1939
10. Species Castrella (Castrella) bologoviensis (Plotnikow, 1906) Hofsten, 1910 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
11. Species Castrella (Castrella) bologowiensis accepted as Castrella (Castrella) bologoviensis (Plotnikow, 1906) Hofsten, 1910 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906 (Wrong spelling of epithet by Hofsten (1910: p. 657) and Luther (1955: p. 273))
12. Species Castrella (Castrella) marginata (Leidy, 1847) Hyman, 1951 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) pinguis (Silliman, 1884) Fuhrmann, 1900
13. Species Castrella (Castrella) millportiana (Graff, 1882) Hofsten, 1910 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
14. Species Castrella (Castrella) obscura (Plotnikow, 1905) Hofsten, 1910 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
15. Species Castrella (Castrella) quadrioculata (Vejdovsky, 1895) Fuhrmann, 1900 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
16. Species Castrella (Castrella) serotina Dorner, 1902 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906
Subgenus Castrella (Nasonoviella) Luther, 1955
1. Species Castrella (Nasonoviella) lutheri (Nasonov, 1917) Luther, 1955
Species Castrella schareri Diez, 2026

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Fuhrmann, O. (1900). Note sur les Turbellariés des environs de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 7: 717-731, Plate 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.32952
page(s): 729 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Castrella Fuhrmann, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479416 on 2026-08-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-17 11:49:55Z

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Tyler, Seth

2021-10-29 11:52:58Z

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Artois, Tom

2022-03-15 08:15:28Z

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Artois, Tom

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original description Fuhrmann, O. (1900). Note sur les Turbellariés des environs de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 7: 717-731, Plate 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.32952
page(s): 729 [details]

subsequent type designation Luther, A. (1955). Die Dalyelliiden (Turbellaria Neorhabdocoela), eine Monographie. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 87: 1-337.
page(s): 272 [details] Available for editors