Turbellarians - Vortex obscurus Plotnikow, 1905

Turbellarians name details

Vortex obscurus Plotnikow, 1905

AphiaID

486971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486971)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Jensenia obscura (Plotnikow, 1905) Graff, 1904-08 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) obscura (Plotnikow, 1905) Hofsten, 1910 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906

Rank

Species

Parent

Vortex Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Dalyellia Fleming, 1822

Original name

Vortex obscurus Plotnikow, 1905

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Plotnikow, W. (1905). Uber einige rhabdocöle Turbellarien Sibiriens. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 21: 479–490. 1 plate.
page(s): 487, Fig 14; note: Considered as a species of Vortex, within the subgenus Castrella [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. Vortex obscurus Plotnikow, 1905. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486971 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2021-10-21 06:08:04Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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original description Plotnikow, W. (1905). Uber einige rhabdocöle Turbellarien Sibiriens. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 21: 479–490. 1 plate.
page(s): 487, Fig 14; note: Considered as a species of Vortex, within the subgenus Castrella [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database