Turbellarians taxon details

Pseudogeoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Carbayo et al., 2013

879291  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:879291)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Tricladida (Order)
  6. Continenticola (Suborder)
  7. Geoplanoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Geoplanidae (Family)
  9. Geoplaninae (Subfamily)
  10. Geoplanini (Tribe)
  11. Pseudogeoplana (Genus)
  12. Pseudogeoplana elegans (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Planaria elegans Darwin, 1844) Darwin, C. (1844). Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Ann. and Mag. of Nat hist., 14: 241-251, pl. 5, figs. 1-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Brazil  
type locality contained in Brazil [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Pseudogeoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Carbayo et al., 2013. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879291 on 2026-04-22
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2016-06-09 08:13:15Z
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Tyler, Seth
2021-04-16 10:16:23Z
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Artois, Tom

original description (of Planaria elegans Darwin, 1844) Darwin, C. (1844). Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Ann. and Mag. of Nat hist., 14: 241-251, pl. 5, figs. 1-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available

new combination reference (of Geoplana (Barreirana) elegans (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856) Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1990). Index to species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Geoplaninae. Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae. <em>Bull. Fuji Women 's College.</em> No 28, Ser II:79-166. [details] 

new combination reference (of Geoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856) Schultze, Max. (1856). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Landplanarien nach Mittheilungen des Dr. Fritz Müller in Brasilien und nach eigenen Untersuchungen. <em>Abhandl. d. naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Halle.</em> 4(1): 19-38. [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Geoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Geoplana elegans (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Planaria elegans Darwin, 1844)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database Logo Turbellarians  (from synonym Geoplana (Barreirana) elegans (Darwin, 1844) Schultze, 1856)
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