WoRMS taxon details
Aphanostoma Örsted, 1845
142142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142142)
accepted
Genus
Paraconvoluta Westblad, 1946 · unaccepted
Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965 · unaccepted (Synonym)
- Species Aphanostoma actuosus (Kozloff, 1965)
- Species Aphanostoma album Dörjes, 1968
- Species Aphanostoma bajaensis (Hooge & Eppinger, 2005)
- Species Aphanostoma cavernosum Meixner, 1938
- Species Aphanostoma cuernos (Hooge & Tyler, 2008)
- Species Aphanostoma divae (Marcus, 1950)
- Species Aphanostoma earnhardti (Hooge & Smith, 2004)
- Species Aphanostoma elegans Jensen, 1878
- Species Aphanostoma erinae (Hooge & Rocha, 2006)
- Species Aphanostoma finkei (Kånneby & Jondelius, 2013)
- Species Aphanostoma helgolandica (Dörjes, 1968)
- Species Aphanostoma karpredi (Hooge & Tyler, 2003)
- Species Aphanostoma nicki (Hooge & Tyler, 2008)
- Species Aphanostoma pulchra (Smith & Bush, 1991)
- Species Aphanostoma rhomboides Jensen, 1878
- Species Aphanostoma vexillaria (Marcus, 1948)
- Species Aphanostoma virescens Örsted, 1845
- Species Aphanostoma westbladi (Marcus, 1949)
- Species Aphanostoma adherens Meixner, 1938 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Species not mentioned in Meixner, 1938)
- Species Aphanostoma chromocephalum Steinböck, 1933 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Stenbock described as new species but was uncertain of position.)
- Species Aphanostoma fuscum Meixner, 1938 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Not mentioned in Meixner, 1938)
- Species Aphanostoma armatum Steinböck & Lanser, 1932 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
- Species Aphanostoma bimaculata Steinböck & Lanser, 1932 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
- Species Aphanostoma bruscai Hooge & Tyler, 2003 accepted as Praeconvoluta bruscai (Hooge & Tyler, 2003) (Synonym)
- Species Aphanostoma collinae Hooge & Tyler, 2008 accepted as Praeconvoluta collinae (Hooge & Tyler, 2008) (Synonym)
- Species Aphanostoma latissimum Levinsen, 1879 accepted as Archaphanostoma agile (Jensen, 1878) accepted as Baltalimania agile (Jensen, 1878) (junior synonym)
- Species Aphanostoma macrobursalis Westblad, 1946 accepted as Eumecynostomum macrobursalium (Westblad, 1946) (Synonym)
- Species Aphanostoma minima Steinböck, 1938 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
- Species Aphanostoma pisae Zauchner, Salvenmoser & Egger, 2015 accepted as Praeconvoluta pisae (Zauchner, Salvenmoser & Egger, 2015) (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Örsted, A. S. (1845). Fortegnelse over Dyr, samlede i Christianiafjord ved Drøbak fra 21–24 Juli, 1844. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 2.</em> 1: 400–427, plate V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2359713 [details] 
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Aphanostoma Örsted, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142142 on 2026-02-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Örsted, A. S. (1845). Fortegnelse over Dyr, samlede i Christianiafjord ved Drøbak fra 21–24 Juli, 1844. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 2.</em> 1: 400–427, plate V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2359713 [details] 
original description (of Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965) Kozloff, E. N. (1965). New species of the acoel turbellarians from the Pacific coast. Biol Bull, 129: 151-166 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Paraconvoluta Westblad, 1946) Westblad, E. (1946). Studien ueber skandinavische Turbellaria Acoela. IV. Ark Zool, 38A(1):1-56
page(s): 29-31 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
original description (of Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965) Kozloff, E. N. (1965). New species of the acoel turbellarians from the Pacific coast. Biol Bull, 129: 151-166 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Paraconvoluta Westblad, 1946) Westblad, E. (1946). Studien ueber skandinavische Turbellaria Acoela. IV. Ark Zool, 38A(1):1-56
page(s): 29-31 [details] Available for editors
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
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphanostoma)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raphidophallus) (from synonym Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Paraconvoluta Westblad, 1946)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raphidophallus) (from synonym Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Raphidophallus Kozloff, 1965)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Paraconvoluta Westblad, 1946)To ITIS