MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ceratopera falcata (Ax, 1953) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018

Traits taxon details

Ceratopera falcata (Ax, 1953) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018

AphiaID

1067020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1067020)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ceratopera Den Hartog, 1964

Original name

Proxenetes falcatus Ax, 1953

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Ceratopera falcata falcata (Ax, 1953) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018
Subspecies Ceratopera falcata valida (Ax, 1977) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Ax, P. (1953). Proxenetes falcatus nov. spec. (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela) aus dem Mesopsammal der Ostsee und der Mittelmeerkuste. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 9: 238-240. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ceratopera falcata (Ax, 1953) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067020 on 2025-05-14

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Ceratopera falcata (Ax, 1953) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067020 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-03-08 21:07:56Z

created

Artois, Tom

2021-08-08 09:46:27Z

changed

Artois, Tom

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Ax, P. (1953). Proxenetes falcatus nov. spec. (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela) aus dem Mesopsammal der Ostsee und der Mittelmeerkuste. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 9: 238-240. [details] Available for editors

additional source Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp. [details]

new combination reference Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of trigonostomine turbellarians (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Trigonostomidae), including four new species from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182(2): 237-257., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx046 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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