Turbellarians - Geoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856

Turbellarians name details

Geoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856

AphiaID

484441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484441)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pseudogeoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Carbayo et al., 2013

Rank

Species

Parent

Geoplana Müller, 1856

Original name

Planaria elegans Darwin, 1844

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Planaria elegans Darwin, 1844) Darwin, C. (1844). Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Ann. and Mag. of Nat hist., 14: 241-251, pl. 5, figs. 1-4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Geoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484441 on 2026-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-23 14:56:23Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2011-02-23 13:37:25Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2011-10-14 12:26:31Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2021-04-16 10:16:23Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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original description (of Planaria elegans Darwin, 1844) Darwin, C. (1844). Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Ann. and Mag. of Nat hist., 14: 241-251, pl. 5, figs. 1-4 [details]

new combination reference Schultze, Max. (1856). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Landplanarien nach Mittheilungen des Dr. Fritz Müller in Brasilien und nach eigenen Untersuchungen. <em>Abhandl. d. naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Halle.</em> 4(1): 19-38. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database