Marine Species Traits - Planocera discoides Willey, 1897

Turbellarians taxon details

Planocera discoides Willey, 1897

AphiaID

483663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:483663)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Planocera Blainville, 1828

Original name

Planocera discoides Willey, 1897

Synonymised names

Planocera discoidea Willey, 1897 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

Willey, A. (1897). Letters from New Guinea on Nautilus and some other organisms. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series.</em> (n.s.), 39 (2): 145-180 (161-166). [for 1896].
page(s): 156 [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. Planocera discoides Willey, 1897. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=483663 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-23 13:12:51Z

created

Tyler, Seth

[taxonomic tree]

original description Willey, A. (1897). Letters from New Guinea on Nautilus and some other organisms. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series.</em> (n.s.), 39 (2): 145-180 (161-166). [for 1896].
page(s): 156 [details]

original description (of Planocera discoidea Willey, 1897) Willey, A. (1897). On Heteroplana, a new Genus of Planarians. Quart. Journ. Micr. Sc. (N.S.), 40: 203-205, 1 fig. London 1898 (1897). [details]

basis of record (of Planocera discoidea Willey, 1897) Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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