Turbellarians name details
Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013
879281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:879281)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
recent only
Not documented
Taxonomy Geoplana multicolor for a longtime covered the material of two different species. "G. multicolor" mentioned by Marcus...
Taxonomy Geoplana multicolor for a longtime covered the material of two different species. "G. multicolor" mentioned by Marcus (1951), Froehlich (1955, 1956a, 1956b, 1958), Leal-Zanchet & Matos (2011) and Negrete & Brusa (2017; here as Paraba multicolor) actually refers to another species, described as Paraparaba impositrix Rossi, Boll & Leal-Zanchet, 2024 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Carbayo et al., 2013. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879281 on 2026-03-06
Date
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original description
(of Geoplana (Geoplana) multicolor Graff, 1899) Graff, L. von. (1899). Monographie der Turbellarien. II. Tricladida terricola Vol 1: XII+574 pp. Engelmann, Leipzig, 574 pp
page(s): 326 [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]
new combination reference Carbayo, F.; Álvarez-Presas, M.; Olivares, C. T.; Marques, F. P. L.; Froehlich, E. M.; Riutort, M. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(5): 508-528., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12019 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 326 [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]
new combination reference Carbayo, F.; Álvarez-Presas, M.; Olivares, C. T.; Marques, F. P. L.; Froehlich, E. M.; Riutort, M. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(5): 508-528., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12019 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Geoplana multicolor for a longtime covered the material of two different species. "G. multicolor" mentioned by Marcus (1951), Froehlich (1955, 1956a, 1956b, 1958), Leal-Zanchet & Matos (2011) and Negrete & Brusa (2017; here as Paraba multicolor) actually refers to another species, described as Paraparaba impositrix Rossi, Boll & Leal-Zanchet, 2024 [details]
