Turbellarians - Geoplana howitti Dendy, 1891

Turbellarians name details

Geoplana howitti Dendy, 1891

AphiaID

486419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486419)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Australopacifica howitti (Dendy, 1891)

Rank

Species

Parent

Geoplana Müller, 1856

Original name

Geoplana howitti Dendy, 1891

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Subspecies Geoplana howitti obsoleta Dendy, 1891 accepted as Australopacifica howitti obsoleta Dendy, 1891

Environment

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

Original description

Dendy, A. (1891). Short description of several new Land Planarians. Proc. R.S. Victoria 1892, Part IV, Article VII: pages 35-38.
page(s): 37 [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 howitti Dendy, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486419 on 2026-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

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Tyler, Seth

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original description Dendy, A. (1891). Short description of several new Land Planarians. Proc. R.S. Victoria 1892, Part IV, Article VII: pages 35-38.
page(s): 37 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record)