Turbellarians name details
Castrella (Castrella) marginata (Leidy, 1847) Hyman, 1951
485392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:485392)
unaccepted
Species
Dalyellia marginatum (Leidy, 1847) Stringer, 1918 · unaccepted
Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847 · unaccepted (Was originally described as a...)
Was originally described as a species of Prostoma.
recent only
(of Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847) Leidy, J. (1847). Description of two new species of Planaria. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(10): 252.
page(s): 251 [details]
page(s): 251 [details]
Type locality contained in Pennsylvania, New York
type locality contained in Pennsylvania [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in New York [details]
type locality contained in New York [details]
Nomenclature Luther (1955: p. 284) motivates against the name C. marginata for this species (as was used by Hyman, 1955: p. 14) because:...
Nomenclature Luther (1955: p. 284) motivates against the name C. marginata for this species (as was used by Hyman, 1955: p. 14) because: 1) the synonymy is not entirely certain ("bloss vermutete Synonym") and 2) the name C. pinguis was commonly used. Since Luther (1955), the species has always been referred to as C. pinguis, and we will follow Luther's view. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Castrella (Castrella) marginata (Leidy, 1847) Hyman, 1951. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=485392 on 2026-02-05
original description
(of Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847) Leidy, J. (1847). Description of two new species of Planaria. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(10): 252.
page(s): 251 [details]
additional source Hyman, L. H. (1955). Descriptions and records of fresh-water Turbellaria from the United States. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1714: 1–36.
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Hyman, L.H. (1951). The Invertebrates: Platyhelminthes and Rhynchocoela. The Acoelomate Bilateria. <em>New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co.</em> Vol. II. 550 pp., available online at https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.260195 [details]
page(s): 251 [details]
additional source Hyman, L. H. (1955). Descriptions and records of fresh-water Turbellaria from the United States. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1714: 1–36.
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Hyman, L.H. (1951). The Invertebrates: Platyhelminthes and Rhynchocoela. The Acoelomate Bilateria. <em>New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co.</em> Vol. II. 550 pp., available online at https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.260195 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Luther (1955: p. 284) motivates against the name C. marginata for this species (as was used by Hyman, 1955: p. 14) because: 1) the synonymy is not entirely certain ("bloss vermutete Synonym") and 2) the name C. pinguis was commonly used. Since Luther (1955), the species has always been referred to as C. pinguis, and we will follow Luther's view. [details]
