Turbellarians taxon details
Temnocephala Blanchard, 1849
479471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479471)
accepted
Genus
Temnocephala chilensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1846) Blanchard, 1849 (type by monotypy)
Astacobdella Vallot, 1841 · unaccepted
Branchobdella Moquin-Tandon, 1846 · unaccepted
- Species Temnocephala axenos Monticelli, 1899
- Species Temnocephala brenesi Jennings, 1968
- Species Temnocephala bresslaui Gonzalez, 1949
- Species Temnocephala brevicornis Haswell, 1892
- Species Temnocephala chilensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1846) Blanchard, 1849
- Species Temnocephala colombiensis Garcés, Puerta, Tabares, Lenis & Velásquez, 2013
- Species Temnocephala costaricensis Lamothe Argumedo, 1974
- Species Temnocephala costarricensis Lamothe, 1974
- Species Temnocephala cuocoloi Volonterio, 2010
- Species Temnocephala curvicirri Amato & Amato, 2005
- Species Temnocephala cyanoglandula Amato, Amato & Daudt, 2003
- Species Temnocephala decarloi Moretto, 1978
- Species Temnocephala digitata Monticelli, 1903
- Species Temnocephala dionii Ponce de Leon, Beron Vera & Volonterio, 2015
- Species Temnocephala fulva Hickman, 1967
- Species Temnocephala gargantua Ponce de Leon & Volonterio, 2018
- Species Temnocephala haswelli Ponce de Leon, 1989
- Species Temnocephala iheringi Haswell, 1893
- Species Temnocephala ivandarioi Lenis, Ruiz, Muskus, Marcilla & Vélez, 2020
- Species Temnocephala kingsleyae Damborenea, 1994
- Species Temnocephala lamothei Damborenea & Brusa, 2008
- Species Temnocephala lanei Pereira & Cuoccolo, 1941
- Species Temnocephala longivaginata Seixas, Amato & Amato, 2011
- Species Temnocephala lutzi Monticelli, 1913
- Species Temnocephala mertoni Volonterio, 2007
- Species Temnocephala mexicana Vayssiere, 1898
- Species Temnocephala microdactyla Monticelli, 1903
- Species Temnocephala minutocirrus Amato, Seixas & Amato, 2007
- Species Temnocephala monticellii Ponce de León, Rudolph & Volonterio, 2020
- Species Temnocephala pereirai Volonterio, 2010
- Species Temnocephala peruensis Ibáñez & Jara, 2002
- Species Temnocephala pignalberiae Dioni, 1967
- Species Temnocephala pygmaea Hickman, 1967
- Species Temnocephala rochensis Ponce de Leon, 1979
- Species Temnocephala santafesina Dioni, 1967
- Species Temnocephala sugarei Haswell, 1893
- Species Temnocephala talicei Dioni, 1967
- Species Temnocephala trapeziformis Amato, Amato & Seixas, 2006
- Species Temnocephala travassosfillioi Pereira & Cuoccolo, 1941
- Species Temnocephala athertonensis Cannon, 1993 accepted as Temnosewellia athertonensis (Cannon, 1993)
- Species Temnocephala aurantiaca Haswell, 1900 accepted as Temnomonticellia aurantica (Haswell, 1900)
- Species Temnocephala aurantica Haswell, 1900 accepted as Temnomonticellia aurantica (Haswell, 1900)
- Species Temnocephala bifasciata Haswell, 1887 accepted as Temnosewellia fasciata (Haswell, 1887)
- Species Temnocephala brasilensis Merton, 1922 accepted as Temnocephala axenos Monticelli, 1899
- Species Temnocephala butlerae Cannon, 1993 accepted as Temnosewellia butlerae (Cannon, 1993)
- Species Temnocephala caeca Haswell, 1900 accepted as Temnosewellia caeca (Haswell, 1900)
- Species Temnocephala chaeropsis Hett, 1925 accepted as Temnosewellia chaeropsis (Hett, 1925)
- Species Temnocephala chilensis Merton, 1912 accepted as Temnosewellia semperi (Weber, 1889)
- Species Temnocephala chilensis Monticelli, 1889 accepted as Temnocephala axenos Monticelli, 1899
- Species Temnocephala cita Hickman, 1967 accepted as Temnosewellia cita (Hickman, 1967)
- Species Temnocephala comes Haswell, 1893 accepted as Temnohaswellia comes (Haswell, 1893)
- Species Temnocephala dendyi Haswell, 1893 accepted as Temnosewellia dendyi Haswell, 1893
- Species Temnocephala engaei Haswell, 1893 accepted as Temnosewellia engaei (Haswell, 1893)
- Species Temnocephala fasciata Haswell, 1887 accepted as Temnosewellia fasciata (Haswell, 1887)
- Species Temnocephala geonoma Williams, 1980 accepted as Temnosewellia geonoma (Williams, 1980)
- Species Temnocephala handschini Baer, 1945 accepted as Notodactylus handschini (Baer, 1945)
- Species Temnocephala improcera Cannon, 1993 accepted as Temnosewellia improcera (Cannon, 1993)
- Species Temnocephala jheringi Haswell, 1893 accepted as Temnocephala iheringi Haswell, 1893 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Temnocephala madagascariensis Vayssiere, 1892 accepted as Dactylocephala madagascariensis (Vayssiere, 1892)
- Species Temnocephala minor Haswell, 1887 accepted as Temnosewellia minor (Haswell, 1887) Damborenea & Cannon, 2001
- Species Temnocephala minuta Cannon, 1993 accepted as Temnosewellia minuta (Cannon, 1993)
- Species Temnocephala neqae Cannon, 1993 accepted as Temnosewellia neqae (Cannon, 1993)
- Species Temnocephala novaezealandiae Haswell, 1887 accepted as Temnohaswellia novaezealandiae (Haswell, 1887)
- Species Temnocephala quadricornis Haswell, 1887 accepted as Temnomonticellia quadricornis (Haswell, 1887)
- Species Temnocephala queenslandensis Cannon, 1993 accepted as Temnosewellia queenslandensis (Cannon, 1993)
- Species Temnocephala rouxi Merton, 1913 accepted as Temnosewellia rouxi (Merton, 1913)
- Species Temnocephala semperi Weber, 1889 accepted as Temnosewellia semperi (Weber, 1889)
- Species Temnocephala simulator Haswell, 1893 accepted as Temnohaswellia simulator (Haswell, 1924)
- Species Temnocephala tasmanica Haswell, 1900 accepted as Temnomonticellia tasmanica (Haswell, 1900)
- Species Temnocephala tumbesiana Wacke, 1905 accepted as Temnocephala chilensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1846) Blanchard, 1849
recent only
feminine
Blanchard E. (1849). Fauna Chilena (Annulares-Articulados). <em>Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile - Zoologia. Ed. C. Gay.</em> 3 (547pp).
page(s): p.51-52; note: Described as a genus within Hirudinea [details]
page(s): p.51-52; note: Described as a genus within Hirudinea [details]
Taxonomic remark Temnocephala was considered a taxon of Hirudinea by Blanchard (1849). It is only since Semper (Semper, 1872) and...
Taxonomic remark Temnocephala was considered a taxon of Hirudinea by Blanchard (1849). It is only since Semper (Semper, 1872) and especially Haswell (1887; see p. 279-280) that Temnocephala is considered a taxon within Platyhelminthes. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Temnocephala Blanchard, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479471 on 2026-05-13
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Blanchard E. (1849). Fauna Chilena (Annulares-Articulados). <em>Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile - Zoologia. Ed. C. Gay.</em> 3 (547pp).
page(s): p.51-52; note: Described as a genus within Hirudinea [details]
original description (of Branchobdella Moquin-Tandon, 1846) Moquin-Tandon, A. (1846). Monographie de la famille des hirudinées. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6598 [details]
page(s): p.51-52; note: Described as a genus within Hirudinea [details]
original description (of Branchobdella Moquin-Tandon, 1846) Moquin-Tandon, A. (1846). Monographie de la famille des hirudinées. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6598 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Temnocephala was considered a taxon of Hirudinea by Blanchard (1849). It is only since Semper (Semper, 1872) and especially Haswell (1887; see p. 279-280) that Temnocephala is considered a taxon within Platyhelminthes. [details]
