Turbellarians - Gyrator marginatus (Leidy, 1847) Graff, 1882

Turbellarians name details

Gyrator marginatus (Leidy, 1847) Graff, 1882

AphiaID

483313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:483313)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) marginata (Leidy, 1847) Hyman, 1951 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) pinguis (Silliman, 1884) Fuhrmann, 1900

Rank

Species

Parent

Gyrator Ehrenberg, 1835 accepted as Gyratrix Ehrenberg, 1831

Original name

Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847) Leidy, J. (1847). Description of two new species of Planaria. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3(10): 252.
page(s): 251 [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. Gyrator marginatus (Leidy, 1847) Graff, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=483313 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-23 13:12:51Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2021-10-16 12:00:09Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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Sources (2)
Links (1)

original description (of Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847) Leidy, J. (1847). Description of two new species of Planaria. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3(10): 252.
page(s): 251 [details]

new combination reference Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. [Book]. 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 335; note: Graff doubted the placement in Gyrator, which he only provisionally proposed. [details]

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