WoRMS name details
Gyratoris
479969 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479969)
unaccepted
Gyrator Ehrenberg, 1835 accepted as Gyratrix Ehrenberg, 1831
Genus
Not documented
Nomenclature This name was not introduced as a genus name, not even by Diesing (1862). Diesing indeed mentions "Gyratoris spec", which...
Nomenclature This name was not introduced as a genus name, not even by Diesing (1862). Diesing indeed mentions "Gyratoris spec", which just means "species of Gyrator" in Latin, "Gyratoris" being the genetive singular of Gyrator. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Gyratoris. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479969 on 2025-09-16
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Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 206 [details]
page(s): 206 [details]
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Nomenclature This name was not introduced as a genus name, not even by Diesing (1862). Diesing indeed mentions "Gyratoris spec", which just means "species of Gyrator" in Latin, "Gyratoris" being the genetive singular of Gyrator. [details]
