Turbellarians name details
Ptychopera japonica
484507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484507)
unaccepted > unavailable name
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Type locality contained in Japan
type locality contained in Japan [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ptychopera japonica. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484507 on 2026-10-07
Date
action
by
basis of record
Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.
page(s): 356-358 [details]
additional source Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of trigonostomine turbellarians (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Trigonostomidae), including four new species from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 182(2): 237-257., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx046 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 356-358 [details]
additional source Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of trigonostomine turbellarians (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Trigonostomidae), including four new species from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 182(2): 237-257., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx046 [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Nontype BBM MI4050–MI4054 [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity New species in Ax (2008), but no type designated. Therefore, following ICZN Art. 72.3, all names in that book are unavailable. [details]