MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Macrostomum Schmidt, 1848

ERMS taxon details

Macrostomum Schmidt, 1848

AphiaID

142205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142205)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Macrostomidae Beneden E., 1870

Synonymised names

Archimacrostomum Ferguson, 1954 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Axia Ferguson, 1954 · unaccepted (Junior synonym)

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Species Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947
Species Macrostomum bicurvistyla Armonies & Hellwig, 1987
Species Macrostomum boreale Riedel, 1932
Species Macrostomum brevituba Armonies & Hellwig, 1987
Species Macrostomum curvituba Luther, 1947
Species Macrostomum ermini Ax, 1959
Species Macrostomum gieysztori Ferguson, 1939
Species Macrostomum gracile Pereyaslawzewa, 1892
Species Macrostomum graffi Ferguson, 1939
Species Macrostomum hamatum Luther, 1947
Species Macrostomum hystricinum Beklemischev, 1951
Species Macrostomum lineare Uljanin, 1870
Species Macrostomum longistyliferum Ax, 1956
Species Macrostomum lutheri Beklemischev, 1927
Species Macrostomum magnacurvituba Ax, 1994
Species Macrostomum mediterraneum Ax, 1956
Species Macrostomum minutum (Luther, 1947)
Species Macrostomum obtusum Vejdovsky, 1895
Species Macrostomum peteraxi Mack-Fira, 1971
Species Macrostomum pusillum Ax, 1951
Species Macrostomum rostratum Papi, 1959
Species Macrostomum rubrocinctum Ax, 1951
Species Macrostomum spirale Ax, 1956
Species Macrostomum tenuicauda Luther, 1947
Species Macrostomum timavi Graff, 1905
Species Macrostomum tuba Graff, 1882
Species Macrostomum pseudoobtusum Beklemischev, 1927 (uncertain > nomen dubium, nomen dubium)
Species Macrostomum caudatum Uljanin, 1870 accepted as Mecynostomum caudatum (Uljanin, 1870) (Synonym)
Species Macrostomum parthenopeum Beklemischev, 1951 accepted as Macrostomum rubrocinctum Ax, 1951 (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Schmidt, O. (1848). Die rhabdocoelen Strudelwürmer (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) des süssen Wassers. Friedrich Mauke, Jena. 65 p. + 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34995539
page(s): 54 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Macrostomum Schmidt, 1848. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142205 on 2026-07-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Macrostomum Schmidt, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142205 on 2026-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Faubel, Anno

2006-09-22 06:50:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-06-17 13:18:29Z

checked

Tyler, Seth

2024-12-12 13:36:33Z

changed

Schärer, Lukas

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original description Schmidt, O. (1848). Die rhabdocoelen Strudelwürmer (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) des süssen Wassers. Friedrich Mauke, Jena. 65 p. + 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34995539
page(s): 54 [details]

original description (of Archimacrostomum Ferguson, 1954) Ferguson, F. F. (1954). Monograph of the Macrostomine Worms of Turbellaria. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 73(2): 137-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223751
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Axia Ferguson, 1954) Ferguson, F. F. (1954). Monograph of the Macrostomine Worms of Turbellaria. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 73(2): 137-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223751
page(s): 147 [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 RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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 RoR) [details]

biology source Singh, P.; Brand, J. N.; Schärer, L. (2025). Evolution and co-evolution of the suck behaviour, a postcopulatory female resistance trait that manipulates received ejaculate. BMC Biology. 23(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02171-5 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axia) (from synonym Axia Ferguson, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrostomum)
To Genbank (from synonym Archimacrostomum Ferguson, 1954)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

(from synonym Archimacrostomum Ferguson, 1954)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

(from synonym Axia Ferguson, 1954)
To ITIS