original description
(of Macrostomum beaufortense Ferguson, 1937) Ferguson, F. F. (1937). The morphology and taxonomy of Macrostomum beaufortensis n. sp. Zool Anz, 120:229-235. [details]
source of synonymy
Ferguson, F. F. (1954). Monograph of the Macrostomine Worms of Turbellaria. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 73(2): 137-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223751 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy
Brand, J. N.; Harmon, L. J.; Schärer, L. (2021). Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. <em>Evolution Letters.</em> 6(1): 63-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.268
page(s): Suppl. 26 [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity Ferguson 1954 transferred Macrostomum beaufortense to Archimacrostomum beaufortense. Given the issues with Archimacrostomum (see notes there), it is now again referred to as Macrostomum beaufortense, as suggested by Brand et al .
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