Turbellarians taxon details
Bicladus Kaburaki, 1925
479436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479436)
accepted
Genus
Bicladus metacrini Kaburaki, 1925 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Kaburaki, T. (1925). An interesting alloeocoel infesting the alimentary canal of Metacrinus rotundus P.H.C. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 10(30): 299-310. [details] Available for editors 
Status Was considered synonymous with Desmote by Kozloff (1965), but not by Stunkard & Corliss (1951). Based on a phylogeny,...
Status Was considered synonymous with Desmote by Kozloff (1965), but not by Stunkard & Corliss (1951). Based on a phylogeny, Cannon (1982) points out that the genus indeed is valid. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Bicladus Kaburaki, 1925. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479436 on 2026-03-26
original description
Kaburaki, T. (1925). An interesting alloeocoel infesting the alimentary canal of Metacrinus rotundus P.H.C. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 10(30): 299-310. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kozloff, E. N. (1965). Desmote inops sp. n. and Fallacohospes inchoatus gen and sp. n., umagillid rhabdocoels from the intestine of the crinoid Florometra serratissima (A.H. Clark). <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 51(3): 305-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3275942 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cannon, L. R. G. (1982). Endosymbiotic Umagillids (Turbellaria) from Holothurians of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11: 173-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00530.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Poche, F. (1926). Das System der Platodaria. <em>Archiv für naturgeschichte. Abteilung A.</em> 91: 1-458.
page(s): 42, 64, 84–86 [details] Available for editors
additional source Stunkard, H.W.; Corliss, J.O. (1951). New species of Syndesmis and a revision of the family Umagillidae Wahl 1910 (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela). <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 101: 319-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1538550
page(s): 325, 327 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kozloff, E. N. (1965). Desmote inops sp. n. and Fallacohospes inchoatus gen and sp. n., umagillid rhabdocoels from the intestine of the crinoid Florometra serratissima (A.H. Clark). <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 51(3): 305-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3275942 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cannon, L. R. G. (1982). Endosymbiotic Umagillids (Turbellaria) from Holothurians of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11: 173-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00530.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Poche, F. (1926). Das System der Platodaria. <em>Archiv für naturgeschichte. Abteilung A.</em> 91: 1-458.
page(s): 42, 64, 84–86 [details] Available for editors
additional source Stunkard, H.W.; Corliss, J.O. (1951). New species of Syndesmis and a revision of the family Umagillidae Wahl 1910 (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela). <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 101: 319-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1538550
page(s): 325, 327 [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Status Was considered synonymous with Desmote by Kozloff (1965), but not by Stunkard & Corliss (1951). Based on a phylogeny, Cannon (1982) points out that the genus indeed is valid. [details]
From editor or global species database
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