Turbellarians taxon details
Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947
143165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143165)
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Species
Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947 · unaccepted (Considered a full species since...)
Considered a full species since Armonies (1987), and treated as such since then.
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Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143165 on 2025-05-09
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Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
original description (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-52, Fig 14 [details] Available for editors
context source (BeRMS 2020) 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]
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
additional source Ax, P.; Armonies, W. (1987). Amphiatlantic identities in the composition of the boreal brackish water community of Plathelminthes. A comparison between the Canadian and European Atlantic coast. Microfauna Marina, 3:7-80 [details] Available for editors
additional source Müller, D.; Faubel, A. (1993). The 'Turbellaria' of the River Elbe Estuary. A faunistic analysis of oligohaline and limnic areas. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie.</em> Suppl. 75: 363-396. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp. [details]
status source Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 3: 81-156. [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) 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]
additional source (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

original description (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. <em>Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.</em> 50:1-64. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-52, Fig 14 [details] Available for editors

context source (BeRMS 2020) 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]
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

additional source Ax, P.; Armonies, W. (1987). Amphiatlantic identities in the composition of the boreal brackish water community of Plathelminthes. A comparison between the Canadian and European Atlantic coast. Microfauna Marina, 3:7-80 [details] Available for editors

additional source Müller, D.; Faubel, A. (1993). The 'Turbellaria' of the River Elbe Estuary. A faunistic analysis of oligohaline and limnic areas. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie.</em> Suppl. 75: 363-396. [details] Available for editors

additional source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp. [details]
status source Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 3: 81-156. [details] Available for editors

basis of record (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) 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]
additional source (of Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis Karling, 1947) Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]




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Habitat Pocologan; Mud; Sandy Mud; fine to medium sand next to a freshwater inlet; Miguasha Cliff; Coarse sand rich in detritus of a marine low energy area; Petit Rocher, Elmtree River; Salt marsh sediment with Spartina and Salicornia species [details]