WoRMS name details

Phrikoceros mopsus (Marcus, 1952)

879128  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:879128)

 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pseudoceros mopsus Marcus, 1952) Marcus, E. (1952). Turbellaria Brasileiros (10). <em>Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia Ciencias e Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo.</em> 17: 5-187., available online at http://www.revistas.usp.br/bsffclzoologia/article/view/125189/122278 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Phrikoceros mopsus (Marcus, 1952). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879128 on 2026-03-22
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2016-06-09 08:13:15Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Pseudoceros mopsus Marcus, 1952) Marcus, E. (1952). Turbellaria Brasileiros (10). <em>Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia Ciencias e Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo.</em> 17: 5-187., available online at http://www.revistas.usp.br/bsffclzoologia/article/view/125189/122278 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Bahia, J. (2022). Twofold or threefold complication: Phrikoceros or Tytthosoceros (Platyhelminthes: Pseudocerotidae) in South America? Short integrative revision of both genera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5205(5): 496-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.5.8 [details] 

status source Diong, S.Y.J.; Ong, R.S.L.; Tong, S.J.W.; Raquib, T.; Ip, A.Y.C.; Huang, D.; Chang, J.J.M. (2025). Flatworms of Singapore: molecular phylogeny of Polycladida (Platyhelminthes: Rhabditophora) and an annotated checklist of Cotylea species. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 73: 348-384., available online at https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2025-0025
page(s): 379 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Cuadrado, D.; Moro, L.; NoreƱa, C. (2017). The Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) of the Canary Islands. New genus, species and records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4312(1): 38-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.2 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality