Marine Species Traits - Microdalyellia virginiana (Ruebush, 1937) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939

Traits taxon details

Microdalyellia virginiana (Ruebush, 1937) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939

AphiaID

480735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:480735)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Microdalyellia Gieysztor, 1938

Original name

Dalyellia virginiana Ruebush, 1937

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Ruebush, T. K. (1937). The genus Dalyellia in America. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 119: 237–256.
page(s): 246-248, Figs. 9-11 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Microdalyellia virginiana (Ruebush, 1937) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=480735 on 2026-10-07

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Microdalyellia virginiana (Ruebush, 1937) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=480735 on 2026-10-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-23 13:12:51Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2011-02-23 13:37:25Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2011-10-14 12:26:31Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2015-08-25 07:27:39Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2022-03-15 08:15:28Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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original description (of ) Ruebush, T. K. (1937). The genus Dalyellia in America. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 119: 237–256.
page(s): 246-248, Figs. 9-11 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Luther, A. (1955). Die Dalyelliiden (Turbellaria Neorhabdocoela), eine Monographie. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 87: 1-337.
page(s): 84, 86, 93–94, 135–136 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Van Steenkiste, N.; Gobert, S.; Davison, P.; Kolasa, J.; Artois, T. (2011). Freshwater Dalyelliidae from the Nearctic (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela): new taxa and records from Ontario, Canada and Michigan and Alabama, USA. Zootaxa. 3091: 1–32., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3091.1.1
page(s): 22, 25 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Ruebush, T. K.; Hayes, W. J. Jr. (1939). The genus Dalyellia in America II. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 128: 136-152.
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors

Definitions

To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database