North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Itaipusa Marcus, 1949

New species of Itaipusa (Koinocystididae, Kalyptorhynchia, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes)

AphiaID

142349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142349)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Koinocystididae Meixner, 1924

Direct children (7)

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Species Itaipusa acerosa (Brunet, 1972) Karling, 1978
Species Itaipusa karlingi Mack-Fira, 1968
Species Itaipusa similis (Brunet, 1972) Karling, 1978
Species Itaipusa sophiae (v.Graff, 1905) Karling, 1978
Species Itaipusa spinibursa Karling, 1978
Species Itaipusa aculeata (Ax, 1959) Karling, 1978 accepted as Axiutelga aculeata (Ax, 1959) Karling, 1980 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Itaipusa scotica (Karling, 1954) Karling, 1978 accepted as Reinhardorhynchus scoticus (Karling, 1954) Diez, Monnens & Artois, 2021 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Marcus, E. (1949). Turbellaria Brasileiros (7). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia Cienciase Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo. Zoologia. 14: 7-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-4877.bsffclzoologia.1949.129106 [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. Itaipusa Marcus, 1949. 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=142349 on 2026-08-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Itaipusa Marcus, 1949. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=142349 on 2026-08-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Faubel, Anno

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-06-17 13:18:29Z

checked

Tyler, Seth

2018-03-03 23:35:35Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2021-05-07 06:10:38Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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original description Marcus, E. (1949). Turbellaria Brasileiros (7). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia Cienciase Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo. Zoologia. 14: 7-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-4877.bsffclzoologia.1949.129106 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Velásquez-Rodriguez, K.; Reyes, J.; Van Steenkiste, N. ; Severino, R.; Brusa, F. (2023). First records of marine microturbellarians (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela, Fecampiida and Prolecithophora) from Peru, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 5258(5): 501-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5258.5.1 [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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]