Marine Species Traits

Traits name details

Vertex

AphiaID

1546346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1546346)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (Alternative spelling of Vortex used in two 19th-century publications)

Accepted name

Vortex Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Dalyellia Fleming, 1822

Rank

Genus

Parent

Platyhelminthes incertae sedis

Direct children (6)

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Species Vertex cruciatus represented as Vortex cruciatus Fabricius, 1826 (Alternative spelling of Vortex cruciatus)
Species Vertex emarginatus represented as Vortex emarginatus (Paula-Schrank, 1803) Diesing, 1850 accepted as Vortex truncatus (Abildgaard, 1879) Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Jensenia truncata (Abildgaard, 1879) Graff, 1904-08 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906 (Alternative spelling of Vortex emarginatus)
Species Vertex marginatus represented as Vortex marginatus (Leidy, 1847) Diesing, 1850 accepted as Prostomum marginatum Leidy, 1847 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) marginata (Leidy, 1847) Hyman, 1951 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) pinguis (Silliman, 1884) Fuhrmann, 1900 (Alternative spelling of Vortex marginatus)
Species Vertex pictus represented as Vortex pictus Schmidt, 1848 accepted as Dalyellia picta (Schmidt, 1848) Graff, 1905 accepted as Microdalyellia picta (Schmidt, 1848) Gieysztor, 1938 (Alternative spelling of Vortex pictus)
Species Vertex quadrioculata represented as Vortex quadrioculatus Vejdovsky, 1895 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) quadrioculata (Vejdovsky, 1895) Fuhrmann, 1900 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906 (Alternative spelling of Vortex quadrioculatus)
Species Vertex truncatus represented as Vortex truncatus (Abildgaard, 1879) Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Jensenia truncata (Abildgaard, 1879) Graff, 1904-08 accepted as Castrella (Castrella) truncata (Abildgaard, 1789) Sekera, 1906 (Alternative spelling of Vortex trunctatus)

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. Vertex. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1546346 on 2026-09-09

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Vertex. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1546346 on 2026-09-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2021-10-19 13:14:09Z

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Artois, Tom

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Sources (2)

basis of record Ehrenberg, C. G. (1837). Zusätze zur Erkenntniss grosser organischer Ausbildung in den kleinsten thierischen Organismen. Abhandlungen der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (für 1835), 151-180, pl.1
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors

additional source Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 229 [details]