WoRMS taxon details
Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905
142106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142106)
accepted
Family
Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (type by original designation)
Proxenetidae · unaccepted
Proxenetinae Graff, 1882 · unaccepted
Trigonostominae Graff, 1905 · unaccepted
- Genus Beklemischeviella Luther, 1943
- Genus Brederveldia van der Velde & van de Winkel, 1975
- Genus Ceratopera Den Hartog, 1964
- Genus Cryptostiopera Ehlers & Ax, 1974
- Genus Feanora De Clerck & Schockaert, 1995
- Genus Lutheriella Den Hartog, 1966
- Genus Mahurubia Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
- Genus Parapharyngiella Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
- Genus Petaliella Ehlers, 1974
- Genus Proxenetes Jensen, 1878
- Genus Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964
- Genus Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
- Subfamily Astrotorhynchinae Graff, 1905 accepted as Paramesostominae Luther, 1948
- Genus Hyporhynchus Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Nomen oblitum)
- Genus Kylosphaera Jensen, 1878 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
- Subfamily Mariplanellinae Ax & Heller, 1970 accepted as Mariplanellidae Ax & Heller, 1970 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Messoplana Den Hartog, 1966 accepted as Ceratopera Den Hartog, 1964 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Orcus Uljanin, 1870 accepted as Hyporhynchus Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852
- Subfamily Proxenetinae Graff, 1882 accepted as Trigonostominae Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905
- Subfamily Trigonostominae Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. II. Rhabdocoela. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 109 [details]
page(s): 109 [details]
Taxonomic remark Replacing Graff's (1882) Hyporhynchina
Taxonomic remark Replacing Graff's (1882) Hyporhynchina [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142106 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orotavas und der Küsten Europas. II. Rhabdocoela. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 109 [details]
original description (of Trigonostominae Graff, 1905) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ [details]
original description (of Proxenetinae Graff, 1882) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 204; note: here spelled as "Proxenetina" [details]
original description (of Proxenetidae) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
note: Here as a subfamily Proxinetina(e). According to Art. 50.3 of ICZN, the authorship stays unchanged. [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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page(s): 109 [details]
original description (of Trigonostominae Graff, 1905) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ [details]
original description (of Proxenetinae Graff, 1882) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 204; note: here spelled as "Proxenetina" [details]
original description (of Proxenetidae) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
note: Here as a subfamily Proxinetina(e). According to Art. 50.3 of ICZN, the authorship stays unchanged. [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]Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
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 Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Replacing Graff's (1882) Hyporhynchina [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trigonostomidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trigonostominae) (from synonym Trigonostominae Graff, 1905)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Trigonostominae Graff, 1905)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Trigonostominae Graff, 1905)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Proxenetinae Graff, 1882)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Proxenetidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trigonostominae) (from synonym Trigonostominae Graff, 1905)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Trigonostominae Graff, 1905)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Trigonostominae Graff, 1905)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Proxenetinae Graff, 1882)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Proxenetidae)