Turbellarians - Stylochus matatasi Newman, Cannon & Govan, 1993

Turbellarians taxon details

Stylochus matatasi Newman, Cannon & Govan, 1993

AphiaID

878894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:878894)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Stylochus Ehrenberg, 1831

Original name

Stylochus matatasi Newman, Cannon & Govan, 1993

Environment

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

Original description

Newman, L. J.; Cannon, L. R. G.; Govan, H. (1993). Stylochus (Imogene) matatasi n. sp. (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida): pest of cultured giant clams and pearl oysters from Solomon Islands. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 257(3): 185-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00765011 [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. Stylochus matatasi Newman, Cannon & Govan, 1993. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=878894 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2016-06-09 08:13:15Z

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original description Newman, L. J.; Cannon, L. R. G.; Govan, H. (1993). Stylochus (Imogene) matatasi n. sp. (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida): pest of cultured giant clams and pearl oysters from Solomon Islands. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 257(3): 185-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00765011 [details]

basis of record Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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