Turbellarians name details
Vortex caudatus Schmarda, 1859
486943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486943)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Vortex Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Dalyellia Fleming, 1822
Dalyellia caudata (Schmarda, 1859) Graff, 1905 · unaccepted
Turbella caudata (Schmarda, 1859) Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted
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Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347
page(s): 5, t. 1, f. 4 [details]
page(s): 5, t. 1, f. 4 [details]
Type locality contained in Colombia
type locality contained in Colombia [details]
Taxonomic remark Schmarda (1859) and Örsted (1845) both describe a new species with the name Vortex caudatus, the former from freshwater...
Taxonomic remark Schmarda (1859) and Örsted (1845) both describe a new species with the name Vortex caudatus, the former from freshwater near Popayan (Colombia), the latter from marine (and brackish?) waters near Oslo. Diesing (1862) transfers both species to the genus Turbella: Turbella caudata (Schmarda, 1859) (Diesing, 1862: p. 219) and Turbella caudata (Örsted, 1845) (Diesing, 1862: p. 223). Moreover, he consideres T. caudata (Örsted, 1845) as a species inquerenda. Graff (1882) treats both as separate species, considering Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845 as a synonym of Provortex balticus (Graff, 1882: p. 345), while Schmarda's species is left in the genus Vortex (Graff, 1882: p. 332) but with reservation. Graff (1913) considers the species Vortex caudatus Schmarda (1859) as a dubious species. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Vortex caudatus Schmarda, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486943 on 2026-04-08
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Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347
page(s): 5, t. 1, f. 4 [details]
status source Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 132 [details]
status source Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 363 [details]
page(s): 5, t. 1, f. 4 [details]
status source Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 132 [details]
status source Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 363 [details]
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Taxonomic remark Schmarda (1859) and Örsted (1845) both describe a new species with the name Vortex caudatus, the former from freshwater near Popayan (Colombia), the latter from marine (and brackish?) waters near Oslo. Diesing (1862) transfers both species to the genus Turbella: Turbella caudata (Schmarda, 1859) (Diesing, 1862: p. 219) and Turbella caudata (Örsted, 1845) (Diesing, 1862: p. 223). Moreover, he consideres T. caudata (Örsted, 1845) as a species inquerenda. Graff (1882) treats both as separate species, considering Vortex caudatus Örsted, 1845 as a synonym of Provortex balticus (Graff, 1882: p. 345), while Schmarda's species is left in the genus Vortex (Graff, 1882: p. 332) but with reservation. Graff (1913) considers the species Vortex caudatus Schmarda (1859) as a dubious species. [details]
