WoRMS taxon details
Utelga heinckei (Attems, 1897) Karling, 1954
143159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143159)
accepted
Species
Acrorhynchus heinckei Attems, 1897 · unaccepted
Koinocystis heinckei (Attems, 1897) Meixner, 1938 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Utelga heinkei · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Acrorhynchus heinckei Attems, 1897) Attems, C. G. (1896). Beiträge zur Meeresfauna von Helgoland. VI. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der rhabdocoelen Turbellarien Helgolands. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 2(1): 219-232, pl 1.
page(s): 225-226, t. 2, f. 15-21 [details]
page(s): 225-226, t. 2, f. 15-21 [details]
Type locality contained in Germany
type locality contained in Germany [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Utelga heinckei (Attems, 1897) Karling, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143159 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acrorhynchus heinckei Attems, 1897) Attems, C. G. (1896). Beiträge zur Meeresfauna von Helgoland. VI. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der rhabdocoelen Turbellarien Helgolands. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 2(1): 219-232, pl 1.
page(s): 225-226, t. 2, f. 15-21 [details]
basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Karling, T. G. (1954). Einige marine Vertreter der Kalyptorhynchien-Familie Koinocystididae. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi (Ser. 2).</em> 7: 165-183. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 225-226, t. 2, f. 15-21 [details]
basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Karling, T. G. (1954). Einige marine Vertreter der Kalyptorhynchien-Familie Koinocystididae. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi (Ser. 2).</em> 7: 165-183. [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS)
Velásquez-Rodriguez, K.; Reyes, J.; Van Steenkiste, N. ; Severino, R.; Brusa, F. (2023). First records of marine microturbellarians (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela, Fecampiida and Prolecithophora) from Peru, with the description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5258(5): 501-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5258.5.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Karling, T.G. (1980). Revision of Koinocystididae (Turbellaria). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 9: 241-269. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boaden, P.J.S. (1966). Interstitial fauna from Northern Ireland. <em>Veröffentlichungen Institut für Meeresforschung.</em> Sonderband 2: 125–130.
note: Misspelled as U. heinkei [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Species diversity of eukalyptorhynch flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from the coastal margin of British Columbia: Polycystididae, Koinocystididae and Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 14(9-10): 899-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2019.1575514 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Diez, Y. L.; Monnens, M.; Aguirre, R. I.; Yurduseven, R.; Jouk, P.; Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S.; Schockaert, E.; Reygel, P.; Smeets, K.; Artois, T. (2021). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Koinocystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia), with the description of three new genera and twelve new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4948(4): 451-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4948.4.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Karling, T.G. (1980). Revision of Koinocystididae (Turbellaria). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 9: 241-269. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boaden, P.J.S. (1966). Interstitial fauna from Northern Ireland. <em>Veröffentlichungen Institut für Meeresforschung.</em> Sonderband 2: 125–130.
note: Misspelled as U. heinkei [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Species diversity of eukalyptorhynch flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from the coastal margin of British Columbia: Polycystididae, Koinocystididae and Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 14(9-10): 899-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2019.1575514 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Diez, Y. L.; Monnens, M.; Aguirre, R. I.; Yurduseven, R.; Jouk, P.; Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S.; Schockaert, E.; Reygel, P.; Smeets, K.; Artois, T. (2021). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Koinocystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia), with the description of three new genera and twelve new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4948(4): 451-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4948.4.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype BBM MI4174-4178 [details]
Nontype UH XIII.4.31, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Nontype UH XIII.4.33, geounit Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
From editor or global species database
Habitat algae and tidepools [details]
