Turbellarians - Caenoplana purpurea (Dendy, 1894)

Turbellarians taxon details

Caenoplana purpurea (Dendy, 1894)

AphiaID

482695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:482695)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Caenoplana Moseley, 1877

Synonymised names

Australopacifica purpurea (Dendy, 1894) · unaccepted

Geoplana purpurea Dendy, 1895 · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Original description

Dendy, A. (1895). Notes on New Zealand land planarians. Part I. Trans. New Zealand Institute, 27: 177-189
page(s): 182 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Caenoplana purpurea (Dendy, 1894). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=482695 on 2026-06-19

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

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original description Dendy, A. (1895). Notes on New Zealand land planarians. Part I. Trans. New Zealand Institute, 27: 177-189
page(s): 182 [details]

original description (of Australopacifica purpurea (Dendy, 1894)) Dendy, A. (1895). Notes on New Zealand land planarians. Part I. Trans. New Zealand Institute, 27: 177-189
page(s): 182 [details]

original description (of Geoplana purpurea Dendy, 1895) Dendy, A. (1895). Notes on New Zealand land planarians. Part I. Trans. New Zealand Institute, 27: 177-189
page(s): 182 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Geoplana purpurea Dendy, 1895)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

(from synonym Geoplana purpurea Dendy, 1895)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

(from synonym Australopacifica purpurea (Dendy, 1894))