Turbellarians - Otoplana proxima Lanfranchi & Melai, 2010

Turbellarians taxon details

Otoplana proxima Lanfranchi & Melai, 2010

AphiaID

559261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559261)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Otoplana Du Plessis, 1889

Original name

Otoplana proxima Lanfranchi & Melai, 2010

Environment

marine

Original description

Lanfranchi, A.; Melai, M. (2010). A new marine flatworm (Plathelminthes Rhabditophora Otoplanidae) from the Ligurian coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 90(2): 423-427., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315410000834 [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. Otoplana proxima Lanfranchi & Melai, 2010. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559261 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-02-08 08:48:47Z

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Tyler, Seth

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original description Lanfranchi, A.; Melai, M. (2010). A new marine flatworm (Plathelminthes Rhabditophora Otoplanidae) from the Ligurian coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 90(2): 423-427., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315410000834 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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