Turbellarians taxon details
Temnocephala chilensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1846) Blanchard, 1849
480941 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:480941)
accepted
Species
Astacobdella chilensis Diesing, 1850 · unaccepted
Branchobdella chilensis Moquin-Tandon, 1846 · unaccepted
Temnocephala tumbesiana Wacke, 1905 · unaccepted
recent only
Moquin-Tandon, A. (1846). Monographie de la famille des hirudinées. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6598
page(s): 300 [details]
page(s): 300 [details]
Type locality contained in Chile
type locality contained in Chile [details]
Taxonomic remark This species has been considered to be a hirudinean for a long time (hence it's old placement in the genera Astacobdella...
Taxonomic remark This species has been considered to be a hirudinean for a long time (hence it's old placement in the genera Astacobdella and Branchobdella). Also Temnocephala was considered a taxon of Hirudinea by Blanchard (1849). It is only since Semper (Semper, 1872) and especially Haswell (1887; see p. 279-280) that Temnocephala is considered a taxon within Platyhelminthes. [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Temnocephala chilensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1846) Blanchard, 1849. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=480941 on 2026-06-20
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Moquin-Tandon, A. (1846). Monographie de la famille des hirudinées. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6598
page(s): 300 [details]
original description (of Temnocephala tumbesiana Wacke, 1905) Wacke, R. (1905). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Temnocephalen (Temnocephala chilensis, Temnocephala tumbesiana n. sp. und Temnocephala novae-zelandiae). <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> Suppl. 6 (Fauna Chilensis 3): 1–116. Tafel 1-9. [details]
additional source Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 434; note: Placed within the hirudinean genus Astacobdella [details]
additional source Plate L. (1894). Mittheilungen über zoologische Studien an der chilenischen Küste. VIII. Über Temnocephala chilensis Blanch. <em>Sitzungsberichte de Königlich Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 19: 527–531. [details]
additional source Porter C.E. (1907). Sobre la Temnocephala chilensis, Bl. <em>Revista Chilena de Historia Natural.</em> 11(1): 51–53. [details]
additional source Viozzi, G.; Flores, V.; Rauque, C. (2005). An Ectosymbiotic Flatworm, Temnocephala chilensis, as Second Intermediate Host for Echinoparyphium megacirrus (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in Patagonia (Argentina). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 91(1): 229-231., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-294r [details] Available for editors
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1870). Ueber Temnocephala chilensis. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 36(1): 35–40; Tafel I. [details]
additional source Semper, E. (1872). Zoologische Aphorismen. II. Ueber die Gattung Temnocephala. <em>Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool.</em> 22(3): 307–310 (Mit Taf. XXIII). [details]
additional source Dioni, W. (1967). Temnocephalas argentinas. II. Las Temnocephala de Aegla del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"(Platyhelmintha). <em>Physis.</em> 26 (73): 509-514. [details]
additional source Dioni, W. (1967). Temnocephalas argentinas. I. Notas sobre Temnocephala chilensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1846) (Platyhelmintha). Physis, 26 (73): 405-410. [details]
redescription De León, R. P.; Rudolph, E. H.; Volonterio, O. (2020). On a new <em>Temnocephala</em> (Platyhelminthes) from Southern Patagonia (Chile, Argentina), with a redescription of <em>T. chilensis</em> and some systematic and biogeographical insights. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4852(3): 383-395., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4852.3.9 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Blanchard E. (1849). Fauna Chilena (Annulares-Articulados). <em>Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile - Zoologia. Ed. C. Gay.</em> 3 (547pp).
page(s): 51-52; note: Species treated as a hirudinean [details]
page(s): 300 [details]
original description (of Temnocephala tumbesiana Wacke, 1905) Wacke, R. (1905). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Temnocephalen (Temnocephala chilensis, Temnocephala tumbesiana n. sp. und Temnocephala novae-zelandiae). <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> Suppl. 6 (Fauna Chilensis 3): 1–116. Tafel 1-9. [details]
additional source Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 434; note: Placed within the hirudinean genus Astacobdella [details]
additional source Plate L. (1894). Mittheilungen über zoologische Studien an der chilenischen Küste. VIII. Über Temnocephala chilensis Blanch. <em>Sitzungsberichte de Königlich Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 19: 527–531. [details]
additional source Porter C.E. (1907). Sobre la Temnocephala chilensis, Bl. <em>Revista Chilena de Historia Natural.</em> 11(1): 51–53. [details]
additional source Viozzi, G.; Flores, V.; Rauque, C. (2005). An Ectosymbiotic Flatworm, Temnocephala chilensis, as Second Intermediate Host for Echinoparyphium megacirrus (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in Patagonia (Argentina). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 91(1): 229-231., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-294r [details] Available for editors
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1870). Ueber Temnocephala chilensis. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 36(1): 35–40; Tafel I. [details]
additional source Semper, E. (1872). Zoologische Aphorismen. II. Ueber die Gattung Temnocephala. <em>Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool.</em> 22(3): 307–310 (Mit Taf. XXIII). [details]
additional source Dioni, W. (1967). Temnocephalas argentinas. II. Las Temnocephala de Aegla del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"(Platyhelmintha). <em>Physis.</em> 26 (73): 509-514. [details]
additional source Dioni, W. (1967). Temnocephalas argentinas. I. Notas sobre Temnocephala chilensis (Moquin-Tandon, 1846) (Platyhelmintha). Physis, 26 (73): 405-410. [details]
redescription De León, R. P.; Rudolph, E. H.; Volonterio, O. (2020). On a new <em>Temnocephala</em> (Platyhelminthes) from Southern Patagonia (Chile, Argentina), with a redescription of <em>T. chilensis</em> and some systematic and biogeographical insights. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4852(3): 383-395., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4852.3.9 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Blanchard E. (1849). Fauna Chilena (Annulares-Articulados). <em>Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile - Zoologia. Ed. C. Gay.</em> 3 (547pp).
page(s): 51-52; note: Species treated as a hirudinean [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype CHFC AP 12720–12752 [details]
Nontype CHFC AP 12753–12769 [details]
Nontype CHFC AP 12770 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark This species has been considered to be a hirudinean for a long time (hence it's old placement in the genera Astacobdella and Branchobdella). Also Temnocephala was considered a taxon of Hirudinea by Blanchard (1849). It is only since Semper (Semper, 1872) and especially Haswell (1887; see p. 279-280) that Temnocephala is considered a taxon within Platyhelminthes. [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Temnocephala tumbesiana Wacke, 1905)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Temnocephala tumbesiana Wacke, 1905)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Astacobdella chilensis Diesing, 1850)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Branchobdella chilensis Moquin-Tandon, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Temnocephala tumbesiana Wacke, 1905)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Temnocephala tumbesiana Wacke, 1905)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Astacobdella chilensis Diesing, 1850)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Branchobdella chilensis Moquin-Tandon, 1846)