Turbellarians - Geoplana atrata Steel, 1897

Turbellarians name details

Geoplana atrata Steel, 1897

AphiaID

486354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486354)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Parakontikia atrata (Steel, 1887) accepted as Kontikia atrata (Steel, 1887) accepted as Australopacifica atrata (Steel, 1897)

Rank

Species

Parent

Geoplana Müller, 1856

Original name

Geoplana atrata Steel, 1897

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Steel, T. (1897). Australian Land Planarians: Descriptions of New Species and Notes on Collecting and Preserving. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales., 22(1): 104-119, tab 6-7, fig 5-8, 10. Sydney 1897., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.12706
page(s): 95 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Geoplana atrata Steel, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486354 on 2026-08-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2021-12-20 10:01:54Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

2025-04-25 13:03:25Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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original description Steel, T. (1897). Australian Land Planarians: Descriptions of New Species and Notes on Collecting and Preserving. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales., 22(1): 104-119, tab 6-7, fig 5-8, 10. Sydney 1897., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.12706
page(s): 95 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database