WoRMS taxon details
Gnesioceros sargassicola (Mertens, 1833)
AphiaID: 158296
AphiaID: 158296
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Acotylea (Suborder) > Leptoplanoidea (Superfamily) > Gnesiocerotidae (Family) > Gnesioceros (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Gnesioceros Diesing, 1862 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gnesioceros mertensi (Diesing, 1850) Pelagoplana sargassicola (Mertens, 1833) Planaria sargassicola Mertens, 1833 Planocera pelagica (Moseley, 1877) Planocera sargassicola (Mertens, 1833) Stylochoplana sargassicola (Mertens, 1833) Stylochus mertensi Diesing, 1850 Stylochus pelagicus Moseley, 1877 Stylochus sargassicola (Mertens, 1833) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: 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: Hooge, M. D. and L. J. Newman. 2009. Turbellarians (Acoelomorpha and Free-Living Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 413–418 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College St [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Gnesioceros sargassicola var. lata Hyman, 1939 | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Distribution: Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158296 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Tyler, S. (2013). Gnesioceros sargassicola (Mertens, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158296 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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