Turbellarians - Placocephalus superbus Whitehouse, 1914

Turbellarians name details

Placocephalus superbus Whitehouse, 1914

AphiaID

484456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484456)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Diversibipalium whitehousei (Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1987)

Rank

Species

Parent

Placocephalus Graff, 1896 accepted as Bipalium Stimpson, 1857

Original name

Placocephalus superbus Whitehouse, 1914

Environment

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

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. Placocephalus superbus Whitehouse, 1914. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484456 on 2026-07-19

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

2024-05-13 09:02:25Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

2024-05-22 11:44:59Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

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source of synonymy Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1987). Index to the species of the genus Bipalium (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola). Bull. Fuji Womens College, no.25 Ser II:79-119
page(s): 103, 107 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database