Turbellarians - Proxenetes elegans Luther, 1948

Turbellarians name details

Proxenetes elegans Luther, 1948

AphiaID

485735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:485735)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Messoplana elegans (Luther, 1948) Den Hartog, 1966 accepted as Ceratopera elegans (Luther, 1948) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018

Rank

Species

Parent

Proxenetes Jensen, 1878

Original name

Proxenetes elegans Luther, 1948

Original description

Luther, A. (1948). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. VII. Über einige marine Dalyellioida. VIII. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Typhloplanoida. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica.</em> 55:1-122., available online at https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/36950
page(s): 76-81, Abb. 106-115 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Proxenetes elegans Luther, 1948. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=485735 on 2026-04-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

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original description Luther, A. (1948). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. VII. Über einige marine Dalyellioida. VIII. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Typhloplanoida. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica.</em> 55:1-122., available online at https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/36950
page(s): 76-81, Abb. 106-115 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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