Marine Species Traits - Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857

MSBIAS taxon details

Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857

AphiaID

414975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414975)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Geoplanoidea Stimpson, 1857

Synonymised names

Terricola · unaccepted (suppressed)

Direct children (17)

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Subfamily Bipaliinae Stimpson, 1857
1. Genus Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
Subfamily Geoplaninae Stimpson, 1857
1. Tribe Geoplanini Stimpson, 1851
  1. Genus Geoplana Müller, 1856
Subfamily Microplaninae Pantin, 1953
1. Genus Microplana Vejdovsky, 1890
Subfamily Rhynchodeminae Graff, 1896
1. Tribe Caenoplanini Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991
  1. Genus Arthurdendyus Jones & Gerard, 1999
  2. Genus Artioposthia Graff, 1896
  3. Genus Australoplana Winsor, 1991
  4. Genus Kontikia Froehlich, 1954
2. Tribe Rhynchodemini Heinzel, 1929
  1. Genus Dolichoplana Moseley, 1877
  2. Genus Rhynchodemus Leidy, 1851
Subfamily Caenoplaninae Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991 accepted as Caenoplanini Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1991

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles 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=414975 on 2025-06-01

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414975 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-09-23 08:40:38Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-06-15 07:03:37Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

2025-04-15 06:33:45Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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additional source Song, J.-H.; Carbayo, F. (2024). Present and future of the study on Korean land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae). <em>Zoologia (Curitiba).</em> 41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23083 [details] Available for editors

additional source De Luna, M.; Boll, P. K. (2023). An annotated checklist of terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from Mexico, with new records of invasive species from a citizen science platform and a new nomen dubium. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5297(4): 518-532., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.3 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geoplanidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Terricola) (from synonym Terricola)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Terricola)
To ITIS