Turbellarians taxon details

Caenoplana variegata (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888)

482702  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:482702)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish
(of Geoplana variegata Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888) Fletcher, J.J.; Hamilton, A.G. (1887-1888). Notes on Australian Land-Planarians, with descriptions of some new species. Part 1. <em>Proceed. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales (2. ser.). Tom. 2 Sydney 1888.</em> pages 349-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2907747
page(s): 364, pl. v., figs. 3, 3 [details] 
Type locality contained in Australia  
type locality contained in Australia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Caenoplana variegata (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=482702 on 2026-01-21
Date
action
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2010-06-23 13:12:51Z
created
2011-02-23 13:37:25Z
changed
2011-10-14 12:26:31Z
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original description (of Geoplana variegata Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888) Fletcher, J.J.; Hamilton, A.G. (1887-1888). Notes on Australian Land-Planarians, with descriptions of some new species. Part 1. <em>Proceed. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales (2. ser.). Tom. 2 Sydney 1888.</em> pages 349-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2907747
page(s): 364, pl. v., figs. 3, 3 [details] 

additional source Ghezzi, D. (2024). Prima segnalazione della planaria terricola alloctona Caenoplana variegata (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae), nella Lombardia meridionale. (First record of land planarian Caenoplana variegata(Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida,Geoplanidae), alien species, in South Lombardy (Italy)). <em>Segnalazioni e brevi Note - Pianura.</em> 44. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Jones, H. (2022). British land flatworms – Identification: an update since 2005. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy (of Caenoplana bicolor (Graff, 1899)) Jones, H. D.; Mateos, E.; Riutort, M.; Álvarez-Presas, M. (2020). The identity of the invasive yellow-striped terrestrial planarian found recently in Europe: <em>Caenoplana</em> <em>variegata</em> (Fletcher & Hamilton, 1888) or <em>Caenoplana</em> <em>bicolor</em> (Graff, 1899)?. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4731(2): 193-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4731.2.2 [details] 
 
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