| Full name: |
World List of turbellarian worms (Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora) UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Turbellarians |
| Version: |
2019-03-05 |
| Release date: |
2019-03-05 |
| Authors/editors: |
Tyler S. Artois T., Schilling S., Hooge M. & Bush L.F. (eds). |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Platyhelminthes, Xenacoelomorpha |
| English name of the group: |
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Number of living species |
6,156 |
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Number of living infraspecific taxa |
353 |
| Number of extinct species: |
3 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
3,883 |
| Number of common names: |
72 |
| Total number of names: |
10,467 |
| Abstract: |
The world list of Turbellarian worms, including the Acoelomorpha, Catenulida and Rhabditophora contains 3.425 accepted species names and is one of the most complete existing resources for Turbellarian taxa. This taxonomic database covers all turbellarian flatworms, freshwater as well as marine ones, and including parasitic turbellarians. |
| Organization: |
School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono ME, USA; Research group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology (CMKDK), Centrum voor Milieukunde, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Tyler S. Artois T., Schilling S., Hooge M. & Bush L.F. (eds). (2019). WoRMS Turbellarians: World List of turbellarian worms (Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora) (version 2019-03-05). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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