WoRMS taxon details

Notoplana atomata (Müller OF, 1776)

152414  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152414)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Planaria atomata Müller, 1777) Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. <em>Havniae.</em> Vol 1 (1777) : 1-52, Vol.2 (1777): 1-56; Vol.3 (1789): 1–71; Vol. 4 (1806) : 1–46.
page(s): Vol.1: 37 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary; has been recorded in the Bay...  
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Taxonomy Class: Acoelomorpha, Suborder: Acotylea, Superfamily: Planoceroidea, Subfamily: Stylochoplaninae according to Trott (2004).   
Taxonomy Class: Acoelomorpha, Suborder: Acotylea, Superfamily: Planoceroidea, Subfamily: Stylochoplaninae according to Trott (2004).  [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Notoplana atomata (Müller OF, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152414 on 2024-04-24
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2005-04-11 09:30:41Z
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2010-06-29 05:44:17Z
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2010-06-29 06:16:50Z
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2019-06-27 07:36:59Z
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2019-06-27 13:01:39Z
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original description  (of Planaria atomata Müller, 1777) Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum historia descriptiones et historia. <em>Havniae.</em> Vol 1 (1777) : 1-52, Vol.2 (1777): 1-56; Vol.3 (1789): 1–71; Vol. 4 (1806) : 1–46.
page(s): Vol.1: 37 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Leptoplana drowbachensis Hyman, 1940) Hyman, L. H. (1940). The polyclad flatworms of the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada. Proc US National Museum, 89: 449-492, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7611579 [details]   

basis of record Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS[details]  OpenAccess publication 

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

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details]   

additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Steinbock, O. (1938). Marine Turbellaria. <em>The Zoology of Iceland, Levin & Munksgaard (Publ.), Copenhagen and Reykjavik,.</em> Vol. II, Part 9, 26 pp., 8 f.
page(s): 17 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Authority Notoplana atomata (Müller, 1776) [details]

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

Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Reproduction hermaphroditic yet self-fertilization is uncommon [details]

Taxonomy Class: Acoelomorpha, Suborder: Acotylea, Superfamily: Planoceroidea, Subfamily: Stylochoplaninae according to Trott (2004).  [details]