Turbellarians name details
Jensenia pinguis (Silliman, 1885) Graff, 1904
485522 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:485522)
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(of Vortex pinguis Silliman, 1884) Silliman, W. A. (1884). Beobachtungen über die Süsswasserturbellarien Nordamerikas. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 41: 48-76, t. 3-4. [details] 
Taxonomic remark Graff (1911) identified some specimens he found as Jensenia pinguis Silliman (1885). Hayes (1945) recognizes them as...
Taxonomic remark Graff (1911) identified some specimens he found as Jensenia pinguis Silliman (1885). Hayes (1945) recognizes them as specimens of Castrella, but not C. pinguis. He coins the name C. graffi as a new name for these specimens. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Jensenia pinguis (Silliman, 1885) Graff, 1904. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=485522 on 2026-05-08
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(of Vortex pinguis Silliman, 1884) Silliman, W. A. (1884). Beobachtungen über die Süsswasserturbellarien Nordamerikas. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 41: 48-76, t. 3-4. [details]
taxonomy source Graff, L. V. (1911). Acoela, Rhabdocoela und Alloeocoela des Ostens der Vereinigten Staaten. Mit Nachträgen zu dem marinen Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 99: 68-65; 1-108., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9755776
page(s): 49–51; note: The specimens mentioned here by Graff as J. pinguis were later recognised as a different species by Hayes (1945) and described as Castrella graffi. [details]
additional source Stringer, C. F. (1918). Chapter XII. The free-living flatworms (Turbellaria). <em>In: Ward, H.B. & Whipple G.C. (Eds.). Freshwater Biology. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 1111 pages.</em>
page(s): 348 [details]
new combination reference Graff, L. von. (1904-08). I. Abtheilung; Acoela und Rhabdocoela. <em>In: Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs, vol. 4. Vermes. Abtheilung I.c: Turbellaria.</em> C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig. pp. I–XXII; 1733-2599.
page(s): 2279, 2397 [details]
taxonomy source Graff, L. V. (1911). Acoela, Rhabdocoela und Alloeocoela des Ostens der Vereinigten Staaten. Mit Nachträgen zu dem marinen Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 99: 68-65; 1-108., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9755776
page(s): 49–51; note: The specimens mentioned here by Graff as J. pinguis were later recognised as a different species by Hayes (1945) and described as Castrella graffi. [details]
additional source Stringer, C. F. (1918). Chapter XII. The free-living flatworms (Turbellaria). <em>In: Ward, H.B. & Whipple G.C. (Eds.). Freshwater Biology. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 1111 pages.</em>
page(s): 348 [details]
new combination reference Graff, L. von. (1904-08). I. Abtheilung; Acoela und Rhabdocoela. <em>In: Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs, vol. 4. Vermes. Abtheilung I.c: Turbellaria.</em> C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig. pp. I–XXII; 1733-2599.
page(s): 2279, 2397 [details]
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Taxonomic remark Graff (1911) identified some specimens he found as Jensenia pinguis Silliman (1885). Hayes (1945) recognizes them as specimens of Castrella, but not C. pinguis. He coins the name C. graffi as a new name for these specimens. [details]
