MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Messoplana Den Hartog, 1966

ERMS taxon details

Messoplana Den Hartog, 1966

AphiaID

142438 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142438)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Messoplana falcata (Ax, 1953) Den Hartog, 1966 (type by original designation)

Parent

Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905

Direct children (9)

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Species Messoplana falcata (Ax, 1953) Den Hartog, 1966
Species Messoplana roscoffensis Ehlers, 1980
Species Messoplana aremorica Ehlers & Sopott-Ehlers, 1989 accepted as Ceratopera aremorica (Ehlers & Sopott-Ehlers, 1989) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Messoplana canariensis Ehlers & Ehlers, 1980 accepted as Ceratopera canariensis (Ehlers & Ehlers, 1980) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Messoplana elegans (Luther, 1948) Den Hartog, 1966 accepted as Ceratopera elegans (Luther, 1948) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Messoplana floralis Ehlers, 1974 accepted as Ceratopera floralis (Ehlers, 1974) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Messoplana geminata Den Hartog, 1966 accepted as Ceratopera geminata (Hartog, 1966) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Messoplana helgolandica Ax, 1971 accepted as Ceratopera helgolandica (Ax, 1971) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Messoplana rugata Ehlers, 1974 accepted as Ceratopera rugata (Ehlers, 1974) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Den Hartog C. (1966). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). VI–X. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C: Biological and Medical Sciences. 69: 97-163. (look up in RoR)
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Messoplana Den Hartog, 1966. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=142438 on 2026-09-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Messoplana Den Hartog, 1966. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142438 on 2026-09-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Faubel, Anno

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

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Martinez, Olga

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

2021-08-08 09:46:27Z

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Artois, Tom

2023-10-26 11:32:47Z

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Artois, Tom

2026-07-31 09:13:56Z

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Artois, Tom

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original description Den Hartog C. (1966). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). VI–X. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C: Biological and Medical Sciences. 69: 97-163. (look up in RoR)
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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]

source of synonymy 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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