Turbellarians taxon details
Microstomum caerulescens (Schmarda, 1859) Graff, 1882
481476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:481476)
accepted
Species
Microstomum coerulescens · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Strongylostoma caerulescens Schmarda, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Strongylostoma coerulescens · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Strongylostomum caerulescens Schmarda, 1859 · unaccepted (Genus name with the wrong ending)
Typhlomicrostomum caerulescens (Schmarda, 1859) Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Typhlomicrostomum coerulescens · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
recent only
(of Strongylostomum caerulescens 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): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
Type locality contained in Jamaica
type locality contained in Jamaica [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Microstomum caerulescens (Schmarda, 1859) Graff, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=481476 on 2025-07-08
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(of Strongylostomum caerulescens 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): 10 [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 [details]
basis of record (of Strongylostoma coerulescens) 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): 253; note: From this work on, the epithet is consistently spelled wrong by all authors. However, as Schmarda spelled it "caerulescens" it is the only correct spelling. I have adopted the original spelling in WoR...
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basis of record (of Typhlomicrostomum coerulescens) 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): 235 [details]
basis of record (of Microstomum coerulescens) 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): 253 [details]
new combination reference (of Typhlomicrostomum caerulescens (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): 235 [details]
page(s): 10 [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 [details]
basis of record (of Strongylostoma coerulescens) 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): 253; note: From this work on, the epithet is consistently spelled wrong by all authors. However, as Schmarda spelled it "caerulescens" it is the only correct spelling. I have adopted the original spelling in WoR...
From this work on, the epithet is consistently spelled wrong by all authors. However, as Schmarda spelled it "caerulescens" it is the only correct spelling. I have adopted the original spelling in WoRMS.
basis of record (of Typhlomicrostomum coerulescens) 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): 235 [details]
basis of record (of Microstomum coerulescens) 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): 253 [details]
new combination reference (of Typhlomicrostomum caerulescens (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): 235 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling The epithet is consistently spelled wrong by all authors. However, as Schmarda (1859) spelled it "caerulescens" it is the only correct spelling. I have adopted the original spelling in WoRMS. [details]
