Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Dalytyphloplanida > Infraorder Neotyphloplanida > Parvorder Thalassotyphloplanida

Promesostomidae Graff, 1882

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Brinkmanniellinae*	Luther, 1948	taxonomically included in
*Hartogia*	Mack-Fira, 1968	taxonomically included in
*Moevenbergia*	Armonies & Hellwig, 1987	taxonomically included in
*Paramesostominae*	Luther, 1948	taxonomically included in
*Promesostominae*	Graff, 1882	taxonomically included in
*Protandrella*	Ehlers, Mueller & Franke, 1994	taxonomically included in
*Subulagera*	Ehlers, 1974	taxonomically included in
*Westbladiella*	Luther, 1943	taxonomically included in

Children

Brinkmanniellinae Luther, 1948
Hartogia Mack-Fira, 1968
Moevenbergia Armonies & Hellwig, 1987
Paramesostominae Luther, 1948
Promesostominae Graff, 1882
Protandrella Ehlers, Mueller & Franke, 1994
Subulagera Ehlers, 1974
Westbladiella Luther, 1943

Literature

original description	Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. [Book]. 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
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	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.
status source	Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences. 67: 371-407.
taxonomy source	Luther, A. (1948). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien. VII. Über einige marine Dalyellioida. VIII. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Typhloplanoida. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 55:1-122.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Promesostomidae Graff, 1882. 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:142104

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Promesostomidae Graff, 1882. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1d6818dc-dda7-4009-b3c7-d4ca17993640