Turbellarians name details

Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896

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485843  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:485843)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Rhabdocoela (Order)
  6. Dalytyphloplanida (Suborder)
  7. Neotyphloplanida (Infraorder)
  8. Limnotyphloplanida (Parvorder)
  9. Typhloplanidae (Family)
  10. Mesostominae (Subfamily)
  11. Mesostoma (Genus)
  12. Mesostoma wardii (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Woodworth, W. M. (1896). Appendix IV. Preliminary report on collections of Turbellaria from Lake St. Clair and Charlevoix, Michigan. In: Ward, HB (Ed.). A biological examination of Lake Michigan in the Traverse Bay region. <em>Bulletin of the Michigan Fish Commission.</em> 6: 94-95.
page(s): 95 [details] OpenAccess publication
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mesostoma wardii Woodworth, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=485843 on 2026-04-10
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original description Woodworth, W. M. (1896). Appendix IV. Preliminary report on collections of Turbellaria from Lake St. Clair and Charlevoix, Michigan. In: Ward, HB (Ed.). A biological examination of Lake Michigan in the Traverse Bay region. <em>Bulletin of the Michigan Fish Commission.</em> 6: 94-95.
page(s): 95 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Noreña Janssen, C.; Faubel, A. (1992). Revision of the Subfamily Mesostominae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 7–47.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy Ruebush, T.K. (1940). Mesostoma ehrenbergii wardii for the study of the Turbellarian type. <em>Science.</em> 91(2370): 531–532., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.91.2370.531 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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