Turbellarians name details

Mesostoma fusiforme (Duges, 1830) Ehrenberg, 1836

852590  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:852590)

uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Derostoma fusiforme Dugès, 1830 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mesostomum assimile (Ørsted, 1843) Schultze, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbella fusiformis (Duges, 1830) Diesing, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Derostoma fusiforme Dugès, 1830) Dugès, A. (1830). Aperçu de quelques observations nouvelles sur les Planaires et plusieurs genres voisins. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles.</em> 1. Ser. Tom. 21: 72-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32172479
page(s): 79 [details] OpenAccess publication
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mesostoma fusiforme (Duges, 1830) Ehrenberg, 1836. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=852590 on 2026-05-20
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original description (of Planaria grisescens Fabricius, 1826) Fabricius, O. (1826). Fortsaettelse of nye zoologiske bidrag. 6. Nogle lidet bekjendte og tildeels nye Flad-Orme (Planariae). <em>Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> Ser. 4(2): 16-35/ With three plates. (In Danish).
page(s): 19–20 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Derostoma fusiforme Dugès, 1830) Dugès, A. (1830). Aperçu de quelques observations nouvelles sur les Planaires et plusieurs genres voisins. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles.</em> 1. Ser. Tom. 21: 72-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32172479
page(s): 79 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Noreña Janssen, C.; Faubel, A. (1992). Revision of the Subfamily Mesostominae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 7–47.
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

new combination reference Ehrenberg, C. G. (1836). Die Akalephen des Rothen Meeres und der Organismus der Medusen der Ostsee erläutert und auf Systematik angewendet. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin.</em> 111 pp.
page(s): 66 [details] OpenAccess publication

status source Luther, A. (1904). Die Eumesostominen. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 77: 1–273.
page(s): 259 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy (of Mesostomum assimile (Ørsted, 1843) Schultze, 1851) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 289–290 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy (of Planaria grisescens Fabricius, 1826) Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 289–290 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Turbella fusiformis (Duges, 1830) Diesing, 1862) 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): 220 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Mesostomum assimile (Ørsted, 1843) Schultze, 1851) Schultze, M. (1851). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Turbellarien. <em>Greifswald.</em> 78 pp, 7 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9703563
page(s): 53 [details] OpenAccess publication
From editor or global species database
Authority The author of the combination is Ehrenberg (1836), although he himself attributes it to Duges (1830). Duges, however, described it within the genus Derostoma, subgenus Mesostoma. [details]
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