WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Placus Cohn, 1866

AphiaID

341342 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341342)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Placidae Small & Lynn, 1985

Direct children (6)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Placus antarcticus Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995
Species Placus buddenbrocki Sauerbrey, 1928
Species Placus luciae (Kahl, 1926) Kahl, 1930
Species Placus salinus Dietz, 1964
Species Placus socialis Fabre-Domergue, 1889
Species Placus striatus Cohn, 1866

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Placus Cohn, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341342 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-27 06:45:57Z

created

Decock, Wim

2008-03-27 17:36:26Z

checked

Scott, Fiona

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J. (Ed.). (2005). Antarctic marine protists. <em>Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra.</em> ISBN 0-642-56835-9. 563 pp., available online at http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/pubn/pubshow.asp?pub_id=12140 [details]