Turbellarians - Planaria truncata (Leidy, 1851)

Turbellarians name details

Planaria truncata (Leidy, 1851)

AphiaID

482344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:482344)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Phagocata morgani (Stevens & Boring, 1906)

Rank

Species

Parent

Planaria Müller O.F., 1776

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Planaria truncata (Leidy, 1851). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=482344 on 2026-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-23 13:12:51Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2011-02-23 13:37:25Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2011-10-14 12:26:31Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2016-06-22 08:36:32Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

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source of synonymy Hyman, L. H. (1937). Studies on the morphology, taxonomy, and distribution of North American Triclad Turbellaria. VII. The two species confused under the name Phagocata gracilis, the validity of the generic name Phagocata. Transact Amer Micr Soc, 56:298-310, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3222632
page(s): 307 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database