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Procerodes littoralis (Ström, 1768) 
AphiaID: 143647

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Seriata (Order) > Tricladida (Suborder) > Maricola (Infraorder) > Procerodoidea (Superfamily) > Procerodidae (Family) > Procerodes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Procerodes Girard, 1850
Synonymised
taxa
  Fovia littoralis (Stimpson, 1857)
Planaria littoralis Müller, 1776
Procerodes litoralis (Ström, 1768)
Procerodes wheatlandi Girard, 1850
Sources  basis of record: Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Schockaert E.R., Jouk Ph.E.H. & Martens P.M. (1989) Free-living plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas Verhandelingen van het symposium “Invertebraten van Belgie” : 19-25 [details]

additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Baltic sea [details]
Belgian Coast [details]
Birch Cove [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North Coast of France [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: (Ström, 1768) [details]

Diet: generally, most turbellarians are carnivorous or are scavengers on dead animal tissue [details]

Distribution: geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy and Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Reproduction: hermaphroditic yet self-fertilization is uncommon [details]

Taxonomy: Superfamily: Procerodoidea, according to Trott (2004). [details]
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Faubel, Anno
2010-06-29 05:44:17Z  changed  Tyler, Seth
  
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  Citation: Faubel, A. (2010). Procerodes littoralis (Ström, 1768) Hallez 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143647 on 2010-09-02
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