Turbellarians taxon details
Polycystis californica Artois & Tessens, 2008
484540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484540)
accepted
Species
Polycystis ali f. california Karling, 1986 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Artois, T. J.; Tessens, B. S. (2008). Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1849: 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1849.1.1
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Polycystis californica Artois & Tessens, 2008. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484540 on 2026-09-03
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Artois, T. J.; Tessens, B. S. (2008). Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1849: 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1849.1.1
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source of synonymy (of Polycystis ali f. california Karling, 1986) Artois, T. J.; Tessens, B. S. (2008). Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1849: 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1849.1.1
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original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) (of Polycystis ali f. california Karling, 1986) Karling, T. G. (1986). Free-living marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes) from the N. American Pacific coast. With remarks on species from other areas. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 15(3): 201-219., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1986.tb00223.x
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page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Polycystis ali f. california Karling, 1986) Artois, T. J.; Tessens, B. S. (2008). Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1849: 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1849.1.1
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) (of Polycystis ali f. california Karling, 1986) Karling, T. G. (1986). Free-living marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes) from the N. American Pacific coast. With remarks on species from other areas. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 15(3): 201-219., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1986.tb00223.x
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Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality