North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Monotus Diesing, 1862

AphiaID

152669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152669)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Platyhelminthes incertae sedis

Direct children (5)

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Species Monotus hirudo (Levinsen, 1879) accepted as Ectocotyla hirudo Levinsen, 1879 (Synonym)
Species Monotus lacustris Zacharias, 1890 accepted as Otomesostoma auditivum (Forel & Du Plessis, 1874) Hofsten, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Monotus morgiense (du Plessis, 1876) du Plessis, 1886 accepted as Automolos morgiensis (Du Plessis, 1876) Braun, 1885 accepted as Otomesostoma auditivum (Forel & Du Plessis, 1874) Hofsten, 1907 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Monotus morgiensis (du Plessis, 1876) du Plessis, 1885 accepted as Automolos morgiensis (Du Plessis, 1876) Braun, 1885 accepted as Otomesostoma auditivum (Forel & Du Plessis, 1874) Hofsten, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Monotus relictus Zacharias, 1885 accepted as Otomesostoma auditivum (Forel & Du Plessis, 1874) Hofsten, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Monotus Diesing, 1862. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152669 on 2026-08-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Monotus Diesing, 1862. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=152669 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-14 07:52:10Z

created

Artois, Tom

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-06-17 13:06:02Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

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basis of record Tom Artois; Ernest Schockaert. (2005-2017). World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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