MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Kontikia andersoni Jones, 1981

ERMS taxon details

Kontikia andersoni Jones, 1981

AphiaID

416390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416390)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Kontikia Froehlich, 1954

Original name

Kontikia andersoni Jones, 1981

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Jones, H. D. (1981). A new species of land planarian from Northern Ireland (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Journal of Zoology. 193: 71-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1981.tb01491.x [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. Kontikia andersoni Jones, 1981. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416390 on 2026-08-20

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Kontikia andersoni Jones, 1981. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416390 on 2026-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-09-29 09:56:14Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-06-29 08:36:36Z

checked

Tyler, Seth

2011-02-23 13:37:25Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2011-10-14 12:26:31Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2025-05-14 15:35:04Z

changed

Artois, Tom

Licensing

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original description Jones, H. D. (1981). A new species of land planarian from Northern Ireland (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria). Journal of Zoology. 193: 71-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1981.tb01491.x [details] Available for editors

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]

basis of record BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. [details]

additional source Houghton, M.; Terauds, A.; Shaw, J. (2022). Rapid range expansion of an invasive flatworm, Kontikia andersoni, on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Biological Invasions. 24(12): 3769-3783., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02877-5 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Jones, H. D. (2005). British Land Flatworms. British Wildlife. 16(1): 189-194. [details] Available for editors

Definitions

To PESI
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database