Turbellarians name details
Catenula gesserensis (Müller OF, 1774)
484586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484586)
unaccepted > nomen nudum (misidentified; probably Lineus gesserensis, accepted as L. ruber)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Planaria gesserensis Müller OF, 1784) Müller, O. F. (1784). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. <em>[book].</em> [two volumes] 1: 1-103 / 2: 1-124 Weygand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12938667 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Catenula gesserensis (Müller OF, 1774). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484586 on 2026-09-01
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(of Planaria gesserensis Müller OF, 1784) Müller, O. F. (1784). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. <em>[book].</em> [two volumes] 1: 1-103 / 2: 1-124 Weygand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12938667 [details]
basis of record Duges, A. (1832). Description d'un zoophyte, voisin des Bothriocephales (Catenula Lemnae Nob). Ann des sc. Nat., 1. Ser. 26:198-205, pl 11,B
page(s): 204; note: misidentified; entry for Catenula reads "C. gesserensis ? Planaria gesserensis Muller," now thought to be Lineus gesserensis, accepted as L. ruber. [details]
source of synonymy Kenk, R. (1974). Index of the Genera and Species of the Fresh Water Triclads (Turbellaria) of the World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 183: 1-90, available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0183.pdf [details] Available for editors
basis of record Duges, A. (1832). Description d'un zoophyte, voisin des Bothriocephales (Catenula Lemnae Nob). Ann des sc. Nat., 1. Ser. 26:198-205, pl 11,B
page(s): 204; note: misidentified; entry for Catenula reads "C. gesserensis ? Planaria gesserensis Muller," now thought to be Lineus gesserensis, accepted as L. ruber. [details]
source of synonymy Kenk, R. (1974). Index of the Genera and Species of the Fresh Water Triclads (Turbellaria) of the World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 183: 1-90, available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0183.pdf [details] Available for editors
