Turbellarians taxon details
original description
(of Geoplana splendida Graff, 1899) Graff, L. von. (1899). Monographie der Turbellarien. II. Tricladida terricola Vol 1: XII+574 pp. Engelmann, Leipzig, 574 pp [details] 
taxonomy source
(of Geoplana splendida Graff, 1899) Froehlich, C. G. (1955). Notas sobre Geoplanas brasileiras (Turbellaria tricladids). <em>Papeis avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia Secretaria da Agricultura S. Paulo.</em> 12(7):1 89-200.
note: p.196–197: including the separation of Riester's (1938) specimens, and describing G. riesteri for those specimens. [details] Available for editors 
new combination reference
Ogren, R. E.; Kawakatsu, M. (1990). Index to species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Geoplaninae. Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae. <em>Bull. Fuji Women 's College.</em> No 28, Ser II:79-166. [details]
additional source
(of Geoplana splendida Graff, 1899) Riester, A. (1938). Beitraege zur Geoplaniden-Fauna Brasiliens. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 441:1-88.
page(s): 66–68; note: These specimens were considered by Riester as G. splendida. However, Froehlich (1955; p.196–197) considers these specimens to represent a new species: G. riesteri, seperate from G. splendida. [details] Available for editors 