Turbellarians - Geoplana maculata (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856

Turbellarians name details

Geoplana maculata (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856

AphiaID

486435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486435)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pseudogeoplana maculata (Darwin, 1844) Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990

Rank

Species

Parent

Geoplana Müller, 1856

Original name

Planaria maculata Darwin, 1844

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Planaria maculata Darwin, 1844) Darwin, C. (1844). Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Ann. and Mag. of Nat hist., 14: 241-251, pl. 5, figs. 1-4 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Chile

type locality contained in Chile [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 maculata (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486435 on 2026-02-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2021-04-16 10:16:23Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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original description (of Planaria maculata Darwin, 1844) Darwin, C. (1844). Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Ann. and Mag. of Nat hist., 14: 241-251, pl. 5, figs. 1-4 [details]

new combination reference Schultze, Max. (1856). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Landplanarien nach Mittheilungen des Dr. Fritz Müller in Brasilien und nach eigenen Untersuchungen. <em>Abhandl. d. naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Halle.</em> 4(1): 19-38. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database