Turbellarians - Kenkia lewisi (Kenk, 1975)

Turbellarians taxon details

Kenkia lewisi (Kenk, 1975)

AphiaID

484481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484481)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Kenkia Hyman, 1937

Original name

Macrocotyla lewisi Kenk, 1975

Synonymised names

Macrocotyla lewisi Kenk, 1975 · unaccepted

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. Kenkia lewisi (Kenk, 1975). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484481 on 2026-07-08

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

2015-08-25 07:27:39Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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source of synonymy (of Macrocotyla lewisi Kenk, 1975) Kawakatsu, M.; Mitchell, R. W. (1981). Redescription of Kenkia rhynchida, a troglobitic planarian from Oregon, and a reconsideration of the family Kenkiidae and its genera (Turbellaria , Tricladida, Paludicola). <em>Annot. Zool. Japonensis.</em> 54: 125-141.
page(s): 140 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

(from synonym Macrocotyla lewisi Kenk, 1975)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (14 records) (from synonym Macrocotyla lewisi Kenk, 1975)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (Holotype USNM 50151) (from synonym Macrocotyla lewisi Kenk, 1975)