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WoRMS taxon details

Otoplanidae Hallez, 1892

AphiaID

142113 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142113)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Lithophora

Direct children (48)

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Subfamily Archotoplaninae Ax, 1956
1. Genus Archotoplana Ax, 1956
Genus Boreusyrtis Lukhnev & Timoshkin, 2017
Subfamily Bulbotoplaninae Ax, 1956
1. Genus Bulbotoplana Ax, 1956
Subfamily Cirroplaninae Miller & Faubel, 2003
1. Genus Cirroplana Miller & Faubel, 2003
Subfamily Otoplaninae Hallez, 1910
1. Genus Alaskaplana Ax & Armonies, 1990
2. Genus Americanaplana Ax & Ax, 1967
3. Genus Bothriomolus Hallez, 1909
4. Genus Dicoelandropora Ax, 1956
5. Genus Itaspiella Ax, 1956
6. Genus Itaspis Marcus, 1952
7. Genus Kata Marcus, 1949
8. Genus Lauraplana Miller & Faubel, 2003
9. Genus Monostichoplana Ax, 1956
10. Genus Napoliplana Ax, Weidemann & Ehlers, 1978
11. Genus Notocaryoplana Steinböck, 1935
12. Genus Notocaryoturbella Lanfranchi, 1969
13. Genus Orthoplana Steinböck, 1932
14. Genus Otoplana Du Plessis, 1889
15. Genus Otoplanella Ax, 1956
16. Genus Paradoxoplana Ax, 1956
17. Genus Pluribursaeplana Ax & Ax, 1967
18. Genus Pseudorthoplana Ax, Weidemann & Ehlers, 1978
19. Genus Serpentiplana Karling, 1964
20. Genus Xenotoplana Ax, Weidemann & Ehlers, 1978
21. Genus Zygotoplana Tajika, 1983
22. Genus Notocaryoplanella Ax, 1956 accepted as Notocaryoplana Steinböck, 1935
23. Genus Plessisia Graff, 1904-08 accepted as Otoplana Du Plessis, 1889 (nomen nudum)
Subfamily Parotoplaninae Ax, 1956
1. Genus Galapagoplana Ax & Ax, 1974
2. Genus Kataplana Ax, 1956
3. Genus Otoplanidia Meixner, 1938
4. Genus Paraplana Ax, 1956
5. Genus Parotoplana Meixner, 1938
6. Genus Parotoplanella Ax, 1956
7. Genus Parotoplanina Ax, 1956
8. Genus Philosyrtis Giard, 1904
9. Genus Polyrhabdoplana Ax & Ax, 1967
10. Genus Postbursoplana Ax, 1956
11. Genus Praebursoplana Ax, 1956
12. Genus Pseudosyrtis Ax, 1956
13. Genus Triporoplana Ax, 1956
14. Genus Psilosyrtis accepted as Philosyrtis Giard, 1904
Genus Otoplanidarum (unaccepted > unavailable name, Otoplanidarum is not a name, it is just the genitive plural of Otoplanidae, meaning "of Otoplanidae")
Genus Paratoplana accepted as Parotoplana Meixner, 1938

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Otoplanidae Hallez, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142113 on 2025-11-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Faubel, Anno

2010-06-15 07:03:37Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

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Nomenclature

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] Available for editors

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Other

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