Turbellarians - Rhynchodemus howesi Scharff, 1900

Turbellarians name details

Rhynchodemus howesi Scharff, 1900

AphiaID

486639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486639)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Microplana howesi (Scharff, 1900)

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhynchodemus Leidy, 1851

Original name

Rhynchodemus howesi Scharff, 1900

Environment

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

Original description

Scharff, R. F. (1900). Rhynchodemus howesia: a new European species of terrestrial planarian worm. Linnean Soc. Journ., 23:34-42, t. 6.
page(s): 33, plate 6 [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. Rhynchodemus howesi Scharff, 1900. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486639 on 2026-06-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

created

Tyler, Seth

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original description Scharff, R. F. (1900). Rhynchodemus howesia: a new European species of terrestrial planarian worm. Linnean Soc. Journ., 23:34-42, t. 6.
page(s): 33, plate 6 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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