MSBIAS taxon details
Acotylea
- Superfamily Discoceloidea Dittmann, Cuadrado, Aguado, Noreña & Egger, 2019
- Superfamily Leptoplanoidea Faubel, 1984
- Superfamily Stylochoidea Poche, 1926
- Superfamily Cryptoceloidea Bahia, Padula & Schrödl, 2017 accepted as Discoceloidea Dittmann, Cuadrado, Aguado, Noreña & Egger, 2019 (Junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Acotylea. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479182 on 2026-06-06
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Acotylea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479182 on 2026-06-06
status source
Litvaitis, M. K.; Bolaños, D. M.; Quiroga, S. Y. (2019). Systematic congruence in Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora): are DNA and morphology telling the same story?. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 186: 865–891., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz007
page(s): 9-10 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Merchán-Mayorga, J. I.; Bolaños, D. M.; Castro, L. R.; Quiroga, S. (2025). A Revised Checklist and Identification Key for Acotylean Flatworms (Rhabditophora: Polycladida: Acotylea) from the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. <em>Taxonomy.</em> 5(3): 51., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5030051 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 9-10 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Merchán-Mayorga, J. I.; Bolaños, D. M.; Castro, L. R.; Quiroga, S. (2025). A Revised Checklist and Identification Key for Acotylean Flatworms (Rhabditophora: Polycladida: Acotylea) from the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. <em>Taxonomy.</em> 5(3): 51., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5030051 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
