WoRMS name details
Phylloplana lactea Laidlaw, 1903
486828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486828)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Laidlaw, F. F. (1903). On the marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland in the Years 1901 and 1902. Turbellaria Polycladida. I. The Acotylea. <em>Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific businnes of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 2: 99–113 + 1 pl.
page(s): 100; 107–110 [details]
page(s): 100; 107–110 [details]
Type locality contained in Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Phylloplana lactea Laidlaw, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486828 on 2026-01-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Laidlaw, F. F. (1903). On the marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland in the Years 1901 and 1902. Turbellaria Polycladida. I. The Acotylea. <em>Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific businnes of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 2: 99–113 + 1 pl.
page(s): 100; 107–110 [details]
page(s): 100; 107–110 [details]
Other
additional source
Laidlaw, F. F. (1903). IV. Suggestions for a Revision of the Classification of the Polyclad Turbellaria. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society (1903–1904).</em> 48 (1; No. 4): pages 1-16.
page(s): 4, 11 [details]
page(s): 4, 11 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality