Turbellarians taxon details
Ptychopera scutulifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974
481059 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:481059)
accepted
Species
Ptychopera scutulifer Ehlers & Ax, 1974 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Ptychoptera scutilifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974 · unaccepted (Literature misspelling of genus...)
Literature misspelling of genus name by Schockaert & Martens (1985) and Noreña et al. (2003)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, U.; Ax, P. (1974). Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos VIII. Trigonostominae (Turbellaria, Typhloplanoida). <em>Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens.</em> 30:1-33 (639-671). [details] Available for editors 
Type locality contained in Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ptychopera scutulifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=481059 on 2026-01-13
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Ehlers, U.; Ax, P. (1974). Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos VIII. Trigonostominae (Turbellaria, Typhloplanoida). <em>Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens.</em> 30:1-33 (639-671). [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ptychopera scutulifer Ehlers & Ax, 1974) Ehlers, U.; Ax, P. (1974). Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos VIII. Trigonostominae (Turbellaria, Typhloplanoida). <em>Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens.</em> 30:1-33 (639-671). [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Ptychoptera scutilifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974) Schockaert, E. R.; Martens, P. M. (1985). Turbellaria from Somalia 3 .Lecithoepitheliata and Typhloplanoida. <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 20: 27-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1985.10736690 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Ptychoptera scutilifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974) Noreña, C.; Brusa, F.; Faubel, A. (2003). Census of “ Microturbellarians” (free-living Platyhelminthes) of the zoogeographical regions originating from Gondwana. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 146(1): 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.146.1.1
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Ptychopera scutulifer Ehlers & Ax, 1974) Willems, W.; Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Reports on the Free-Living Platyhelminthes from Australia: Typhloplanoida, with the Description of Three New Taxa. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 21(3): 333-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.21.333 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ptychopera scutulifer Ehlers & Ax, 1974) Ehlers, U.; Ax, P. (1974). Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos VIII. Trigonostominae (Turbellaria, Typhloplanoida). <em>Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens.</em> 30:1-33 (639-671). [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Ptychoptera scutilifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974) Schockaert, E. R.; Martens, P. M. (1985). Turbellaria from Somalia 3 .Lecithoepitheliata and Typhloplanoida. <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 20: 27-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1985.10736690 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Ptychoptera scutilifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974) Noreña, C.; Brusa, F.; Faubel, A. (2003). Census of “ Microturbellarians” (free-living Platyhelminthes) of the zoogeographical regions originating from Gondwana. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 146(1): 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.146.1.1
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Ptychopera scutulifer Ehlers & Ax, 1974) Willems, W.; Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Reports on the Free-Living Platyhelminthes from Australia: Typhloplanoida, with the Description of Three New Taxa. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 21(3): 333-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.21.333 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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