Turbellarians taxon details
Mesostoma ehrenbergii (Focke, 1836) Örsted, 1843
481084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:481084)
accepted
Species
Mesostoma ehrenbergi · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (See note)
Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii Woodworth, 1896 · unaccepted
Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896 · unaccepted
Mesostomum ehrenbergii · unaccepted
Planaria ehrenbergii Focke, 1836 · unaccepted
Turbella ehrenbergii (Focke, 1836) Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii Woodworth, 1896 accepted as Mesostoma ehrenbergii (Focke, 1836) Örsted, 1843
recent only
Focke, D. W. (1836). Planaria ehrenbergii. <em>Annalen der Wiener Museum der Naturgeschichte.</em> 1:191-206, tab 17.
page(s): 191-205, t. 17, f. 1-8, 11, 12, 15-19 [details]
(of Planaria ehrenbergii Focke, 1836) Focke, D. W. (1836). Planaria ehrenbergii. <em>Annalen der Wiener Museum der Naturgeschichte.</em> 1:191-206, tab 17. [details]
page(s): 191-205, t. 17, f. 1-8, 11, 12, 15-19 [details]
(of Planaria ehrenbergii Focke, 1836) Focke, D. W. (1836). Planaria ehrenbergii. <em>Annalen der Wiener Museum der Naturgeschichte.</em> 1:191-206, tab 17. [details]
Type locality contained in Australia
type locality contained in Australia [details]
Nomenclature "ehrenbergi" is a common spelling mistake in literature, from the 18th century untill now. In quite a number of articles,...
Nomenclature "ehrenbergi" is a common spelling mistake in literature, from the 18th century untill now. In quite a number of articles, both the correct spelling (ehrenbergii) and the wrong one (ehrenbergi) occur together. Focke (1836) spelled it as ehrenbergii, so this is the only correct one. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mesostoma ehrenbergii (Focke, 1836) Örsted, 1843. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=481084 on 2026-02-05
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Focke, D. W. (1836). Planaria ehrenbergii. <em>Annalen der Wiener Museum der Naturgeschichte.</em> 1:191-206, tab 17.
page(s): 191-205, t. 17, f. 1-8, 11, 12, 15-19 [details]
original description (of Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896) Woodworth, W. M. (1896). Appendix IV. Preliminary report on collections of Turbellaria from Lake St. Clair and Charlevoix, Michigan. In: Ward, HB (Ed.). A biological examination of Lake Michigan in the Traverse Bay region. <em>Bulletin of the Michigan Fish Commission.</em> 6: 94-95.
page(s): 95 [details]
original description (of Planaria ehrenbergii Focke, 1836) Focke, D. W. (1836). Planaria ehrenbergii. <em>Annalen der Wiener Museum der Naturgeschichte.</em> 1:191-206, tab 17. [details]
taxonomy source (of Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896) Noreña Janssen, C.; Faubel, A. (1992). Revision of the Subfamily Mesostominae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 7–47.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
additional source Adami, M. L.; Damborenea, C. (2021). Checklist of free-living microturbellarian flatworms (Turbellaria, Platyhelminthes) in the Suquía River Basin, Córdoba, Argentina. <em>Check List.</em> 17(6): 1659-1669., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/17.6.1659
page(s): 1665–1667 [details] Available for editors
additional source Adami, M. L.; Damborenea, C.; Ronderos, J. R. (2012). An allatotropin-like neuropeptide in Mesostoma ehrenbergii (Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 131(1): 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-012-0146-3 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 561 [details]
ecology source Korgina, E. M. (1986). Состав и численность турбеллярий прибрежной зоны рыбинского водохранилища. (Composition and abundance of turbellarians in the coastal zone of the Rybinsk reservoir). <em>Биология внутренних вод (Biology of inland waters).</em> 70: 32–37. [details] Available for editors
ecology source Korgina, E. M. (1989). Фауна турбеллярий водоемов бассейна верхней Волги (Turbellarian fauna of reservoirs of the upper Volga basin). <em>Биология, систематика и функциональная морфология пресноводных животных (Biology, systematics, and functional morphology of freshwater animals).</em> 56 (59): 3–17. [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Mesostomum ehrenbergii) Schmidt, O. (1848). Die rhabdocoelen Strudelwürmer (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) des süssen Wassers. <em>Friedrich Mauke, Jena.</em> 65 p. + 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34995539
page(s): 47; note: This wrong combination (because of wrong ending of genus name) occurs in a large number of cases in 19th century literature. [details]
basis of record (of Mesostoma ehrenbergi) Noreña Janssen, C.; Faubel, A. (1992). Revision of the Subfamily Mesostominae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 7–47.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896) Ruebush, T.K. (1940). Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii for the study of the Turbellarian type. <em>Science.</em> 91(2370): 531–532. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference (of Turbella ehrenbergii (Focke, 1836) Diesing, 1862) Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 220 [details]
status source (of Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii Woodworth, 1896) Husted, L.; Ruebush, T. K. (1940). A comparative cytological and morphological study of Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii. Journ of Morphology, 67:387-410 [details]
page(s): 191-205, t. 17, f. 1-8, 11, 12, 15-19 [details]
original description (of Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896) Woodworth, W. M. (1896). Appendix IV. Preliminary report on collections of Turbellaria from Lake St. Clair and Charlevoix, Michigan. In: Ward, HB (Ed.). A biological examination of Lake Michigan in the Traverse Bay region. <em>Bulletin of the Michigan Fish Commission.</em> 6: 94-95.
page(s): 95 [details]
original description (of Planaria ehrenbergii Focke, 1836) Focke, D. W. (1836). Planaria ehrenbergii. <em>Annalen der Wiener Museum der Naturgeschichte.</em> 1:191-206, tab 17. [details]
taxonomy source (of Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896) Noreña Janssen, C.; Faubel, A. (1992). Revision of the Subfamily Mesostominae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 7–47.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
additional source Adami, M. L.; Damborenea, C. (2021). Checklist of free-living microturbellarian flatworms (Turbellaria, Platyhelminthes) in the Suquía River Basin, Córdoba, Argentina. <em>Check List.</em> 17(6): 1659-1669., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/17.6.1659
page(s): 1665–1667 [details] Available for editors
additional source Adami, M. L.; Damborenea, C.; Ronderos, J. R. (2012). An allatotropin-like neuropeptide in Mesostoma ehrenbergii (Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 131(1): 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-012-0146-3 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 561 [details]
ecology source Korgina, E. M. (1986). Состав и численность турбеллярий прибрежной зоны рыбинского водохранилища. (Composition and abundance of turbellarians in the coastal zone of the Rybinsk reservoir). <em>Биология внутренних вод (Biology of inland waters).</em> 70: 32–37. [details] Available for editors
ecology source Korgina, E. M. (1989). Фауна турбеллярий водоемов бассейна верхней Волги (Turbellarian fauna of reservoirs of the upper Volga basin). <em>Биология, систематика и функциональная морфология пресноводных животных (Biology, systematics, and functional morphology of freshwater animals).</em> 56 (59): 3–17. [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Mesostomum ehrenbergii) Schmidt, O. (1848). Die rhabdocoelen Strudelwürmer (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) des süssen Wassers. <em>Friedrich Mauke, Jena.</em> 65 p. + 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34995539
page(s): 47; note: This wrong combination (because of wrong ending of genus name) occurs in a large number of cases in 19th century literature. [details]
basis of record (of Mesostoma ehrenbergi) Noreña Janssen, C.; Faubel, A. (1992). Revision of the Subfamily Mesostominae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 7–47.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896) Ruebush, T.K. (1940). Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii for the study of the Turbellarian type. <em>Science.</em> 91(2370): 531–532. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference (of Turbella ehrenbergii (Focke, 1836) Diesing, 1862) Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 220 [details]
status source (of Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii Woodworth, 1896) Husted, L.; Ruebush, T. K. (1940). A comparative cytological and morphological study of Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii. Journ of Morphology, 67:387-410 [details]
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Containing type locality
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Nomenclature "ehrenbergi" is a common spelling mistake in literature, from the 18th century untill now. In quite a number of articles, both the correct spelling (ehrenbergii) and the wrong one (ehrenbergi) occur together. Focke (1836) spelled it as ehrenbergii, so this is the only correct one. [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Planaria ehrenbergii Focke, 1836)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Turbella ehrenbergii (Focke, 1836) Diesing, 1862)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii Woodworth, 1896)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostomum ehrenbergii)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostoma ehrenbergi)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 097635)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Planaria ehrenbergii Focke, 1836)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Turbella ehrenbergii (Focke, 1836) Diesing, 1862)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii Woodworth, 1896)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostomum ehrenbergii)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Mesostoma ehrenbergi)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 097635)
To ITIS