Turbellarians - Paraplanaria Ball & Gourbault, 1978

Turbellarians taxon details

Paraplanaria Ball & Gourbault, 1978

AphiaID

479639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479639)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Planariidae Stimpson, 1857

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Species Paraplanaria dactyligera (Kenk, 1935)
Species Paraplanaria occulta (Kenk, 1969)

Environment

fresh

Original description

Ball, I. R.; Gourbault, N. (1978). The Phyletic Status of the Genus Planaria (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Tricladida). <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 48(1): 29-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-04801003 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Paraplanaria Ball & Gourbault, 1978. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479639 on 2026-08-14

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2010-06-17 11:49:55Z

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Tyler, Seth

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original description Ball, I. R.; Gourbault, N. (1978). The Phyletic Status of the Genus Planaria (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Tricladida). <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 48(1): 29-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-04801003 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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