Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Proseriata > Infraorder Lithophora > Family Monocelididae > Subfamily Monocelidinae

Monocelis Ehrenberg, 1831

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monotocelis*	Meixner, 1938	synonym

Children

Monocelis fuhrmanni Midelburg, 1908
Monocelis fusca Örsted, 1843
Monocelis gracilis (Meixner, 1938)
Monocelis lineata (Müller, 1773) Oersted, 1843
Monocelis longiceps (Duges, 1830)
Monocelis longistyla Martens & Curini-Galletti, 1987
Monocelis mediterranea Curini-Galletti & Mura, 1998
Monocelis nitida Riedl, 1959
Monocelis parvula Curini-Galletti & Mura, 1998
Monocelis viridorostris Sabussow, 1900

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Animalia evertebrata. Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus Lybiam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessinian. Pars Zoologica. Abhandlungen der deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 4:(unpaginated).
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
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Monocelis Ehrenberg, 1831. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142474

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Monocelis Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3892d1af-789f-4556-9207-8aee3627255b