Turbellarians taxon details
Polycystis hamata Karling, 1986
155604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155604)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Karling, T. G. (1986). Free-living marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes) from the N. American Pacific coast. With remarks on species from other areas. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 15(3): 201-219. [details] Available for editors 

Type locality contained in Oregon
type locality contained in Oregon [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Polycystis hamata Karling, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155604 on 2025-05-01
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Karling, T. G. (1986). Free-living marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes) from the N. American Pacific coast. With remarks on species from other areas. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 15(3): 201-219. [details] Available for editors 
additional source Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Species diversity of eukalyptorhynch flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from the coastal margin of British Columbia: Polycystididae, Koinocystididae and Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 14(9-10): 899-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2019.1575514 [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Species diversity of eukalyptorhynch flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from the coastal margin of British Columbia: Polycystididae, Koinocystididae and Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 14(9-10): 899-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2019.1575514 [details] Available for editors





Nontype BBM MI4124-4127 [details]
Nontype BBM MI4128-4134 [details]
Nontype BBM MI4135-4139 [details]
Nontype BBM MI4140 [details]
From editor or global species database
Habitat gravel, algae and shells (from tide pools) [details]