Marine Species Traits - Discocelis Ehrenberg, 1836

WoRMS taxon details

Discocelis Ehrenberg, 1836

AphiaID

479780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479780)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Discocelidae Laidlaw, 1903

Synonymised names

Pachyplana Stimpson, 1857 · unaccepted

Direct children (17)

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Species Discocelis fulva Kato, 1944
Species Discocelis herdmani (Herdman, 1894)
Species Discocelis hollemani Maghsoudlou & Rahimian, 2013
Species Discocelis japonica Yeri & Kaburaki, 1918
Species Discocelis lactea (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Discocelis lichenoides (Mertens, 1833)
Species Discocelis parvimaculata Beveridge, 2000
Species Discocelis persica Maghsoudlou & Rahimian, 2013
Species Discocelis pusilla Kato, 1938
Species Discocelis tigrina (Blanchard, 1847)
Species Discocelis australis Hyman, 1959 accepted as Thalamoplana australis Hyman, 1959
Species Discocelis binoculata Verrill, 1901 accepted as Melloplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Notocomplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859)
Species Discocelis cyclops Verrill, 1901 accepted as Prosthiostomum cyclops (Verrill, 1901)
Species Discocelis grisea Pearse, 1938 accepted as Coronadena mutabilis (Verrill, 1873)
Species Discocelis herdmani Laidlaw, 1904 accepted as Thalamoplana herdmani Laidlaw, 1904
Species Discocelis insularis Hyman, 1955 accepted as Thalamoplana insularis Hyman, 1955
Species Discocelis mutabilis (Verrill, 1873) accepted as Coronadena mutabilis (Verrill, 1873)

Environment

marine

Original description

Ehrenberg, C. G. (1836). Die Akalephen des Rothen Meeres und der Organismus der Medusen der Ostsee erläutert und auf Systematik angewendet. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin.</em> 111 pp.
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Discocelis Ehrenberg, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479780 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-06-17 11:49:55Z

created

Tyler, Seth

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Nomenclature

original description Ehrenberg, C. G. (1836). Die Akalephen des Rothen Meeres und der Organismus der Medusen der Ostsee erläutert und auf Systematik angewendet. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin.</em> 111 pp.
page(s): 67 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discocelis)