Turbellarians name details
Mesostoma metopoglena (Schmarda, 1859)
481098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:481098)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Mesostoma metopoglea · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Turbella metopoglena (Schmarda, 1859) Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded combination
recent only
(of Strongylostomum metopoglenum Schmarda, 1859) Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347
page(s): 9 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mesostoma metopoglena (Schmarda, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=481098 on 2026-02-05
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(of Strongylostomum metopoglenum Schmarda, 1859) Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347
page(s): 9 [details]
new combination reference Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 303; note: Wrong gender of epithet. Schould be "metopoglenum" [details]
status source Luther, A. (1904). Die Eumesostominen. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 77: 1–273.
page(s): 259 [details]
status source 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): 37 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Mesostoma metopoglea) Ferguson F.F., Hayes W.J. jr. (1941). A synopsis of the genus Mesostoma Ehrenberg 1835. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 57(1): 1–52.
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference (of Turbella metopoglena (Schmarda, 1859) 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): 219 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
new combination reference Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 303; note: Wrong gender of epithet. Schould be "metopoglenum" [details]
status source Luther, A. (1904). Die Eumesostominen. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 77: 1–273.
page(s): 259 [details]
status source 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): 37 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Mesostoma metopoglea) Ferguson F.F., Hayes W.J. jr. (1941). A synopsis of the genus Mesostoma Ehrenberg 1835. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 57(1): 1–52.
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference (of Turbella metopoglena (Schmarda, 1859) 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): 219 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Grammatical gender The epithet should be "metopoglenum" (neuter), not "metopoglena". Consistently used wrong since Graff (1882). [details]
