Turbellarians taxon details
Gyratrix Ehrenberg, 1831
142368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142368)
accepted
Genus
Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831 (type by monotypy)
Cyratrix · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gyrator Ehrenberg, 1835 · unaccepted
Gyratoris · unaccepted
Gyratris · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831
- Species Gyratrix proaviformis Karling & Schockaert, 1977
- Species Gyratrix proavus Meixner, 1929
- Species Gyratrix sinensis Wang & Li, 2005
- Species Gyratrix albus Silliman, 1884 accepted as Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831
- Species Gyratrix arenarius Evdonin, 1971 accepted as Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831
- Species Gyratrix attemsi Graff, 1913 accepted as Gyratricella attemsi (Graff, 1913) Karling, 1955
- Species Gyratrix hermaphrodita accepted as Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831 (Wrong emendation of gender by Bresslau (1906; pp. 415 & 417))
- Species Gyratrix notops accepted as Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831 (This combination is wrongly mentioned by Artois (2001) in the list of synonyms of Gyratrix hermaphroditus. It is the only literature source where it occurs. Hallez (1900) uses Gyrator notops, not Gyratrix notops.)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Phytozoa Turbellaria africana et asiatica. <em>In: Symbolae physicae (Hemprich F.W. & Ehrenberg C.G., Eds.). Animalia evertebrata exclusis insectis recensuit Dr. CG Ehrenberg. Series prima cum tabularum decade prima. Berolini.</em> [details] 
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Gyratrix Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142368 on 2025-11-12
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Phytozoa Turbellaria africana et asiatica. <em>In: Symbolae physicae (Hemprich F.W. & Ehrenberg C.G., Eds.). Animalia evertebrata exclusis insectis recensuit Dr. CG Ehrenberg. Series prima cum tabularum decade prima. Berolini.</em> [details]
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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (of Gyratoris) 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): 206 [details]
basis of record (of Cyratrix) Korgina, E. M. (2002). Survey of Turbellaria fauna from the Upper Volga River basin. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 81(8): 1019-1024
page(s): 1021 [details]
basis of record (of Gyratris) Bush, L. F. (1964). Phylum Platyhelminthes--class Turbellaria. In: Keys to Marine Intertebrates of the Woods Hole Region. RI Smith ed., MBL, Woods Hole, pp 30-39 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Gyrator Ehrenberg, 1835) Tom Artois; Ernest Schockaert. (2005-2017). World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source (of Gyrator Ehrenberg, 1835) 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 [details]
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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. <em>In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium.</em> pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record (of Gyratoris) 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): 206 [details]
basis of record (of Cyratrix) Korgina, E. M. (2002). Survey of Turbellaria fauna from the Upper Volga River basin. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 81(8): 1019-1024
page(s): 1021 [details]
basis of record (of Gyratris) Bush, L. F. (1964). Phylum Platyhelminthes--class Turbellaria. In: Keys to Marine Intertebrates of the Woods Hole Region. RI Smith ed., MBL, Woods Hole, pp 30-39 [details] Available for editors
basis of record (of Gyrator Ehrenberg, 1835) Tom Artois; Ernest Schockaert. (2005-2017). World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source (of Gyrator Ehrenberg, 1835) 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 [details]
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