MarBEF Data System - ERMS

ERMS taxon details

Acoela

AphiaID

2847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2847)

Classification

Authority

Uljanin, 1870

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Acoelomorpha

Direct children (12)

Ordering

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Family Actinoposthiidae Hooge, 2001
Family Antigonariidae Dörjes, 1968
Family Antroposthiidae Faubel, 1976
Suborder Bursalia
Family Diopisthoporidae Westblad, 1940
Family Nadinidae Dörjes, 1968
Family Paratomellidae Dörjes, 1966
Family Taurididae Kostenko, 1989
Family Anaperidae Dörjes, 1968 accepted as Convolutidae Graff, 1905 (junior synonym)
Family Childiidae Dörjes, 1968 accepted as Mecynostomidae Dörjes, 1968 (junior synonym)
Family Haploposthiidae Westblad, 1948 accepted as Proporidae Graff, 1882 (junior synonym)
Family Sagittiferidae Kostenko & Mamkaev, 1990 accepted as Convolutidae Graff, 1905 (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Acoela. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2847 on 2026-05-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acoela. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2847 on 2026-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2016-06-15 09:14:08Z

checked

Tyler, Seth

2024-11-16 17:22:35Z

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Tyler, Seth

2026-04-26 18:04:40Z

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Tyler, Seth

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

additional source Jouk, P. & Schockaert, E. (2002). Species composition and diversity of free-living Plathelminthes (Turbellaria) from sandy beaches at the Belgian coast. <em>Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie.</em> 72(Suppl.): 35-41. (look up in RoR) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acoela)
To Genbank
Turbellarian Taxonomic Database

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