MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964

Turbellarians taxon details

Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964

AphiaID

142442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142442)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964 (type by original designation)

Parent

Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905

Synonymised names

Ptychoptera · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Literature misspelling by...)

Literature misspelling by Dittmann & Reise (1985), Schockaert & Martens (1985) and Noreña et al. (2003)

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Species Ptychopera alaskana Ax & Armonies, 1990
Species Ptychopera avicularis Karling, 1974
Species Ptychopera ehlersi Ax, 1971
Species Ptychopera hartogi Ax, 1971
Species Ptychopera japonica Ax, 2008
Species Ptychopera plebeia (Beklemischev, 1927) Den Hartog, 1964
Species Ptychopera purasjokii Ax, 1971
Species Ptychopera scutulifera Ehlers & Ax, 1974
Species Ptychopera spinifera Den Hartog, 1966
Species Ptychopera subterranea Ax, 1971
Species Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964
Species Ptychopera zostericola Ax, 1971
Species Ptychopera tuberculata (Graff, 1882) Den Hartog, 1964 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences. 67: 371-407.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142442 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Faubel, Anno

2010-06-17 12:41:58Z

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Tyler, Seth

2010-06-17 13:06:02Z

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Tyler, Seth

2018-03-08 21:07:56Z

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Artois, Tom

2021-08-09 06:16:05Z

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Artois, Tom

2023-10-26 11:32:47Z

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Artois, Tom

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original description Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences. 67: 371-407.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium. pp. 19-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record (of Ptychoptera) Dittmann, S.; Reise, K. (1985). Assemblage of free-living Plathelminthes on an intertidal mud flat in the North Sea. Microfauna Marina. 2: 95-115.
page(s): 100, 102 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Ptychoptera) Schockaert, E. R.; Martens, P. M. (1985). Turbellaria from Somalia 3 .Lecithoepitheliata and Typhloplanoida. Monitore Zoologico Italiano. 20: 27-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1985.10736690 [details] Available for editors

additional source (of Ptychoptera) Noreña, C.; Brusa, F.; Faubel, A. (2003). Census of “ Microturbellarians” (free-living Platyhelminthes) of the zoogeographical regions originating from Gondwana. Zootaxa. 146(1): 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.146.1.1
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Diagnosis (amended from Den Hartog, 1964): Trigonostominae with pharynx in the first half of the body. Afferent system differentiated into a large bursa and a small seminal receptacle connected by a narrow spermatic duct. Seminal receptacle connects to the female system through a long, slightly sclerotized duct. Wall of the bursa provided with sclerotized structures (folds or teeth). Sclerotized parts of the male copulatory organ consisting of a stylet proper surrounded by a mantle. Mantle provided with folds, spines or plates. [details]

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