Turbellarians taxon details
Syndesmis antillarum Stunkard & Corliss, 1951
485618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:485618)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stunkard, H.W.; Corliss, J.O. (1951). New species of Syndesmis and a revision of the family Umagillidae Wahl 1910 (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela). <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 101: 319-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1538550
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors
Status Westblad (1953), Hyman (1960) and Marcus (1968) consider S. antillarum as a synonym of S. franciscana. More recent...
Status Westblad (1953), Hyman (1960) and Marcus (1968) consider S. antillarum as a synonym of S. franciscana. More recent literature (e.g. Cannon, 1982; Doignon & Artois, 2006), however, treat it as a valid species. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Syndesmis antillarum Stunkard & Corliss, 1951. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=485618 on 2026-07-27
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Stunkard, H.W.; Corliss, J.O. (1951). New species of Syndesmis and a revision of the family Umagillidae Wahl 1910 (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela). <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 101: 319-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1538550
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Doignon G. & Artois T. (2006). Annotated checklist of the umagillid turbellarians infesting echinoids (Echinodermata). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology 136 (1): 101-106.</em>
page(s): 102–103 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source (of Syndisyrinx antillarum (Stunkard & Corliss, 1951) Cannon, 1982) Doignon G. & Artois T. (2006). Annotated checklist of the umagillid turbellarians infesting echinoids (Echinodermata). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology 136 (1): 101-106.</em>
page(s): 102–103 [details] Available for editors
context source (Bermuda) Snyder, R. D. (1980). Commensal turbellarians from Bermuda holothurians. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 58: 1741-1744, available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z80-240 [details]
additional source Cannon, L. R. G. (1982). Endosymbiotic Umagillids (Turbellaria) from Holothurians of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11: 173-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00530.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Powers, P. B. A. (1936). Studies on the ciliates of sea urchins. A general survey occuring in Tortugas echinoids. <em>Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 29: 205–326. With two plates.
page(s): 320; note: Mentioned as a species differing from S. echinorum. Stunkard & Corliss (1951) formally give it a name. [details] Available for editors
status source Hyman, L. H. (1960). New and known umagillid rhabdocoels from Echinoderms. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1984:1-14.
page(s): 8; note: Treated as a synonym of S. franciscana [details] Available for editors
status source Marcus, E. (1968). A new Syndesmis from Saint-Barthelemy, lesser Antilles (Neorhabdocoela). <em>Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 25: 134-139. [details] Available for editors
status source Westblad, E. (1953). New Turbellaria parasites in Echinoderms. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi (Ser. 2).</em> 5(2): 269-288, pl 1-3. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference (of Syndisyrinx antillarum (Stunkard & Corliss, 1951) Cannon, 1982) Cannon, L. R. G. (1982). Endosymbiotic Umagillids (Turbellaria) from Holothurians of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11: 173-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00530.x [details] Available for editors
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Doignon G. & Artois T. (2006). Annotated checklist of the umagillid turbellarians infesting echinoids (Echinodermata). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology 136 (1): 101-106.</em>
page(s): 102–103 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source (of Syndisyrinx antillarum (Stunkard & Corliss, 1951) Cannon, 1982) Doignon G. & Artois T. (2006). Annotated checklist of the umagillid turbellarians infesting echinoids (Echinodermata). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology 136 (1): 101-106.</em>
page(s): 102–103 [details] Available for editors
context source (Bermuda) Snyder, R. D. (1980). Commensal turbellarians from Bermuda holothurians. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 58: 1741-1744, available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z80-240 [details]
additional source Cannon, L. R. G. (1982). Endosymbiotic Umagillids (Turbellaria) from Holothurians of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11: 173-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00530.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Powers, P. B. A. (1936). Studies on the ciliates of sea urchins. A general survey occuring in Tortugas echinoids. <em>Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 29: 205–326. With two plates.
page(s): 320; note: Mentioned as a species differing from S. echinorum. Stunkard & Corliss (1951) formally give it a name. [details] Available for editors
status source Hyman, L. H. (1960). New and known umagillid rhabdocoels from Echinoderms. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1984:1-14.
page(s): 8; note: Treated as a synonym of S. franciscana [details] Available for editors
status source Marcus, E. (1968). A new Syndesmis from Saint-Barthelemy, lesser Antilles (Neorhabdocoela). <em>Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 25: 134-139. [details] Available for editors
status source Westblad, E. (1953). New Turbellaria parasites in Echinoderms. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi (Ser. 2).</em> 5(2): 269-288, pl 1-3. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference (of Syndisyrinx antillarum (Stunkard & Corliss, 1951) Cannon, 1982) Cannon, L. R. G. (1982). Endosymbiotic Umagillids (Turbellaria) from Holothurians of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11: 173-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00530.x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Westblad (1953), Hyman (1960) and Marcus (1968) consider S. antillarum as a synonym of S. franciscana. More recent literature (e.g. Cannon, 1982; Doignon & Artois, 2006), however, treat it as a valid species. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Syndisyrinx antillarum (Stunkard & Corliss, 1951) Cannon, 1982)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Syndisyrinx antillarum (Stunkard & Corliss, 1951) Cannon, 1982)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Syndisyrinx antillarum (Stunkard & Corliss, 1951) Cannon, 1982)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Syndisyrinx antillarum (Stunkard & Corliss, 1951) Cannon, 1982)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
From editor or global species database
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