Turbellarians - Geoplana elegans Steel, 1897

Turbellarians name details

Geoplana elegans Steel, 1897

AphiaID

484563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484563)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Australopacifica scaphoidea (Steel, 1901)

Rank

Species

Parent

Geoplana Müller, 1856

Original name

Geoplana elegans Steel, 1897

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Original description

Steel, T. (1897). Australian Land Planarians: Descriptions of New Species and Notes on Collecting and Preserving. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales., 22(1): 104-119, tab 6-7, fig 5-8, 10. Sydney 1897., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.12706
page(s): 111-114, 119 [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. Geoplana elegans Steel, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484563 on 2026-06-28

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

2016-06-22 08:36:32Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

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original description Steel, T. (1897). Australian Land Planarians: Descriptions of New Species and Notes on Collecting and Preserving. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales., 22(1): 104-119, tab 6-7, fig 5-8, 10. Sydney 1897., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.12706
page(s): 111-114, 119 [details]

source of synonymy Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1991). Index to species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola). Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae. Bull Fuji Wom Coll, Ser II 29:25-102
page(s): 55 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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