Turbellarians taxon details
Trigonostomum setigerum Schmidt, 1852
143458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143458)
accepted
Species
Hyporhynchus setigerus (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882 · unaccepted
Spiroclytus euryalus Schmidt, 1857 · unaccepted
Spiroclytus nisus Schmidt, 1857 · unaccepted
Spiroclytus setigerus (Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, 1857 · unaccepted
Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905 · unaccepted
Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905 · unaccepted
Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852 · unaccepted
Vortex ornatus Uljanin, 1870 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomum setigerum Schmidt, 1852
- Subspecies Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905 accepted as Trigonostomum setigerum Schmidt, 1852
- Subspecies Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852 accepted as Trigonostomum setigerum Schmidt, 1852
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmidt, O. (1852). Neue Rhabdocoelen aus dem nordischen und dem Adriatischen Meere. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 9: 490–505. With 5 plates.
page(s): 500, t. 47, f. 13, 13a [details]
page(s): 500, t. 47, f. 13, 13a [details]
Type locality contained in Greece
type locality contained in Greece [details]
Taxonomic remark Graff (1905) recognises three subspecies, including the nominal one. Willems et al. (2004: p.291), based on the study of...
Taxonomic remark Graff (1905) recognises three subspecies, including the nominal one. Willems et al. (2004: p.291), based on the study of new material from a population in Greece, consider the subspecies invalid, a view followed here. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Trigonostomum setigerum Schmidt, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143458 on 2025-09-15
original description
Schmidt, O. (1852). Neue Rhabdocoelen aus dem nordischen und dem Adriatischen Meere. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 9: 490–505. With 5 plates.
page(s): 500, t. 47, f. 13, 13a [details]
original description (of Spiroclytus euryalus Schmidt, 1857) Schmidt, O. (1857). Zur Kenntnis der Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela und einiger anderer Wuermer des Mittelmeeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse,.</em> 23(2): 347-366, plates 1-5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36386704
page(s): 356–358 [details]
original description (of Spiroclytus nisus Schmidt, 1857) Schmidt, O. (1857). Zur Kenntnis der Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela und einiger anderer Wuermer des Mittelmeeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse,.</em> 23(2): 347-366, plates 1-5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36386704
page(s): 356–358 [details]
original description (of Vortex ornatus Uljanin, 1870) Uljanin, W. (1870). Die Turbellarien der Bucht von Sebastopol. <em>Berichte des Vereins der Freunde der Naturwissenschaften zu Moskou.</em> 96pp + 7pl.
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 114, t. 3, f. 17, 18 [details]
original description (of Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, O. (1852). Neue Rhabdocoelen aus dem nordischen und dem Adriatischen Meere. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 9: 490–505. With 5 plates.
page(s): 500, t. 47, f. 13, 13a [details]
taxonomy source Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 113–115 [details]
taxonomy source (of Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852) Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 305 [details]
taxonomy source (of Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 114 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Karling, T. G. (1978). Anatomy and systematics of marine Turbellaria from Bermuda. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 7:225-248. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 229 [details]
additional source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.
page(s): 399–400 [details]
additional source Vanstraelen, L.; Artois, T.; Backeljau, T.; Kmentova, N.; Geraerts, M.; Monnens, M. (2025). A Scanning Electron Microscopy Method to Visualise the Copulatory Organ Morphology of Microturbellarian Flatworms: Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 as a Case Study. <em>Journal of Morphology.</em> 286:e70040., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70040 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 305 [details]
additional source (of Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 305 [details]
source of synonymy (of Spiroclytus nisus Schmidt, 1857) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 338 [details]
source of synonymy (of Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905) Willems, W.; Artois,T.; Vermin, W.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Revision of Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida, Trigonostomidae) with the description of seven new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 141(2): 271-296.
page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905) Willems, W.; Artois,T.; Vermin, W.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Revision of Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida, Trigonostomidae) with the description of seven new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 141(2): 271-296.
page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Spiroclytus euryalus Schmidt, 1857) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ [details]
source of synonymy (of Vortex ornatus Uljanin, 1870) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 338 [details]
new combination reference (of Spiroclytus setigerus (Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, 1857) Schmidt, O. (1857). Zur Kenntnis der Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela und einiger anderer Wuermer des Mittelmeeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse,.</em> 23(2): 347-366, plates 1-5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36386704
page(s): 356–357 [details]
new combination reference (of Hyporhynchus setigerus (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 338–340 [details]
status source (of Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852) Willems, W.; Artois,T.; Vermin, W.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Revision of Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida, Trigonostomidae) with the description of seven new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 141(2): 271-296.
page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 500, t. 47, f. 13, 13a [details]
original description (of Spiroclytus euryalus Schmidt, 1857) Schmidt, O. (1857). Zur Kenntnis der Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela und einiger anderer Wuermer des Mittelmeeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse,.</em> 23(2): 347-366, plates 1-5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36386704
page(s): 356–358 [details]
original description (of Spiroclytus nisus Schmidt, 1857) Schmidt, O. (1857). Zur Kenntnis der Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela und einiger anderer Wuermer des Mittelmeeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse,.</em> 23(2): 347-366, plates 1-5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36386704
page(s): 356–358 [details]
original description (of Vortex ornatus Uljanin, 1870) Uljanin, W. (1870). Die Turbellarien der Bucht von Sebastopol. <em>Berichte des Vereins der Freunde der Naturwissenschaften zu Moskou.</em> 96pp + 7pl.
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 114, t. 3, f. 17, 18 [details]
original description (of Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, O. (1852). Neue Rhabdocoelen aus dem nordischen und dem Adriatischen Meere. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 9: 490–505. With 5 plates.
page(s): 500, t. 47, f. 13, 13a [details]
taxonomy source Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 113–115 [details]
taxonomy source (of Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852) Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 305 [details]
taxonomy source (of Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852) Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. <em>Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie.</em> 83: 68-150. With 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43242488
page(s): 114 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Karling, T. G. (1978). Anatomy and systematics of marine Turbellaria from Bermuda. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 7:225-248. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 229 [details]
additional source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.
page(s): 399–400 [details]
additional source Vanstraelen, L.; Artois, T.; Backeljau, T.; Kmentova, N.; Geraerts, M.; Monnens, M. (2025). A Scanning Electron Microscopy Method to Visualise the Copulatory Organ Morphology of Microturbellarian Flatworms: Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 as a Case Study. <em>Journal of Morphology.</em> 286:e70040., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70040 [details] Available for editors
additional source (of Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 305 [details]
additional source (of Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905) Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 305 [details]
source of synonymy (of Spiroclytus nisus Schmidt, 1857) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 338 [details]
source of synonymy (of Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905) Willems, W.; Artois,T.; Vermin, W.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Revision of Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida, Trigonostomidae) with the description of seven new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 141(2): 271-296.
page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905) Willems, W.; Artois,T.; Vermin, W.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Revision of Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida, Trigonostomidae) with the description of seven new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 141(2): 271-296.
page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Spiroclytus euryalus Schmidt, 1857) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ [details]
source of synonymy (of Vortex ornatus Uljanin, 1870) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 338 [details]
new combination reference (of Spiroclytus setigerus (Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, 1857) Schmidt, O. (1857). Zur Kenntnis der Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela und einiger anderer Wuermer des Mittelmeeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse,.</em> 23(2): 347-366, plates 1-5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36386704
page(s): 356–357 [details]
new combination reference (of Hyporhynchus setigerus (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 338–340 [details]
status source (of Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852) Willems, W.; Artois,T.; Vermin, W.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Revision of Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida, Trigonostomidae) with the description of seven new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 141(2): 271-296.
page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors
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From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Graff (1905) recognises three subspecies, including the nominal one. Willems et al. (2004: p.291), based on the study of new material from a population in Greece, consider the subspecies invalid, a view followed here. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trigonostomum setigerum setigerum Schmidt, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hyporhynchus setigerus (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trigonostomum setigerum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trigonostomum setigerum album Graff, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trigonostomum setigerum lunulatum Graff, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hyporhynchus setigerus (Schmidt, 1852) Graff, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trigonostomum setigerum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
From editor or global species database
