Turbellarians - Geoplana melanochroa Steel, 1900

Turbellarians name details

Geoplana melanochroa Steel, 1900

AphiaID

486440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486440)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Kontikia melanochroa (Steel, 1900)

Rank

Species

Parent

Geoplana Müller, 1856

Original name

Geoplana melanochroa Steel, 1900

Environment

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

Original description

Steel, T. (1900). Australian Land Planarians. Descriptions of New Species and Notes on Collecting and Preserving. No. 2. <em>Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales.</em> 1900. Part 4. Sydney 1901. 25: 563-580, tab. 34; 618-631, tab 41.
page(s): 566, Pl. xxxiv., fig. 3 [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 melanochroa Steel, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486440 on 2026-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2021-12-20 08:05:46Z

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Tyler, Seth

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original description Steel, T. (1900). Australian Land Planarians. Descriptions of New Species and Notes on Collecting and Preserving. No. 2. <em>Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales.</em> 1900. Part 4. Sydney 1901. 25: 563-580, tab. 34; 618-631, tab 41.
page(s): 566, Pl. xxxiv., fig. 3 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database