Turbellarians taxon details
Distylochus Faubel, 1983
479851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479851)
accepted
Genus
Distylochus pusillus (Bock, 1913) Faubel, 1983 (type by original designation)
Stylochus (Distylochus) Faubel, 1983 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Not documented
Taxonomic remark According to Prudhoe (1989) this taxon is to be considered as a subegenus of Stylochus. However, this is not followed in...
Taxonomic remark According to Prudhoe (1989) this taxon is to be considered as a subegenus of Stylochus. However, this is not followed in the most recent publications (e.g. Cuadrado et al.,2021), en dthe most recent view is followed here. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Distylochus Faubel, 1983. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479851 on 2026-08-19
Date
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original description
(of Stylochus (Distylochus) Faubel, 1983) Faubel, A. (1983). The Polycladida, Turbellaria - Proposal and establishment of a new system Part I. The Acotylea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 80: 17-121.
page(s): 74 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Stylochus (Distylochus) Faubel, 1983) Prudhoe, S. (1989). Polyclad turbellarians recorded from African waters. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, 55: 47-96
page(s): 53 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 74 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Stylochus (Distylochus) Faubel, 1983) Prudhoe, S. (1989). Polyclad turbellarians recorded from African waters. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, 55: 47-96
page(s): 53 [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark According to Prudhoe (1989) this taxon is to be considered as a subegenus of Stylochus. However, this is not followed in the most recent publications (e.g. Cuadrado et al.,2021), en dthe most recent view is followed here. [details]
