WoRMS taxon details
Distylochus Faubel, 1983
479851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479851)
accepted
Genus
Distylochus pusillus (Bock, 1913) Faubel, 1983 (type by original designation)
Stylochus (Distylochus) Faubel, 1983 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Not documented
Taxonomic remark According to Prudhoe (1989) this taxon is to be considered as a subegenus of Stylochus. However, this is not followed in...
Taxonomic remark According to Prudhoe (1989) this taxon is to be considered as a subegenus of Stylochus. However, this is not followed in the most recent publications (e.g. Cuadrado et al.,2021), en dthe most recent view is followed here. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Distylochus Faubel, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479851 on 2026-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stylochus (Distylochus) Faubel, 1983) Faubel, A. (1983). The Polycladida, Turbellaria - Proposal and establishment of a new system Part I. The Acotylea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 80: 17-121.
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Taxonomic remark According to Prudhoe (1989) this taxon is to be considered as a subegenus of Stylochus. However, this is not followed in the most recent publications (e.g. Cuadrado et al.,2021), en dthe most recent view is followed here. [details]
