World list of turbellarian worms - Mesostomum obtusum Schultze, 1851

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Turbellarians name details

Mesostomum obtusum Schultze, 1851

AphiaID

485816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:485816)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Genus name with the wrong ending)

Accepted name

Mesostoma obtusum Schultze, 1851 accepted as Olisthanella obtusa (Schultze, 1851) Luther, 1904

Rank

Species

Parent

Mesostomum accepted as Mesostoma Dugès, 1830

Original name

Mesostomum obtusum Schultze, 1851

Synonymised names

Tricelis obtusa (Schultze, 1851) Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Schultze, M. (1851). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Turbellarien. <em>Greifswald.</em> 78 pp, 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9703563
page(s): 54, Tab. V, fig. 1 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mesostomum obtusum Schultze, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=485816 on 2025-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2016-06-22 12:17:55Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

2022-05-15 18:53:27Z

changed

Artois, Tom

[taxonomic tree]

original description Schultze, M. (1851). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Turbellarien. <em>Greifswald.</em> 78 pp, 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9703563
page(s): 54, Tab. V, fig. 1 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tricelis obtusa (Schultze, 1851) Diesing, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)

From editor or global species database