North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Placorhynchus Karling, 1931

AphiaID

142360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142360)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Placorhynchus octaculeatus Karling, 1931 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Placorhynchidae Meixner, 1938

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Species Placorhynchus bidens Brunet, 1973
Species Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947
Species Placorhynchus echinulatus Karling, 1947
Species Placorhynchus octaculeatus Karling, 1931
Species Placorhynchus tetraculeatus Armonies & Hellwig, 1987
Species Placorhynchus tvaerminnensis (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Karling, T. G. (1931). Untersuchungen über Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) aus dem Brackwasser des Finnischen Meerbusens. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 11: 1-67. (look up in IMIS) [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. Placorhynchus Karling, 1931. 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=142360 on 2026-10-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Placorhynchus Karling, 1931. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=142360 on 2026-10-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Faubel, Anno

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-06-17 13:18:29Z

checked

Tyler, Seth

2021-05-08 06:56:20Z

changed

Artois, Tom

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original description Karling, T. G. (1931). Untersuchungen über Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) aus dem Brackwasser des Finnischen Meerbusens. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 11: 1-67. (look up in IMIS) [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]

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 IMIS) [details]