Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Kalyptorhynchia > Infraorder Eukalyptorhynchia > Family Polycystididae > Subfamily Polycystidinae

Opisthocystis Sekera, 1911

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Klattia Kepner, Stirewalt & Ferguson, 1939 synonym
Macrorhynchus (Opisthocystis) Sekera, 1911 synonym
Polycystis (Opisthocystis) synonym

Children

Opisthocystis goettei (Bresslau, 1906) Sekera, 1911

Literature

original description

Sekera, E. (1911). Studien über Turbellarien. Sitzungsberichte der königligen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Prag. 13: 1–38: 1 plate.

additional source

Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7.

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

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

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Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Opisthocystis Sekera, 1911. 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:142374

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Opisthocystis Sekera, 1911. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3b097d6c-f226-4103-8619-50c1db05a647

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, fresh

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142374
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:91390

Last modified

2021-05-16 by Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen & by Tom Artois

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