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

Placorhynchus Karling, 1931

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Placorhynchus bidens Brunet, 1973
Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947
Placorhynchus echinulatus Karling, 1947
Placorhynchus octaculeatus Karling, 1931
Placorhynchus tetraculeatus Armonies & Hellwig, 1987
Placorhynchus tvaerminnensis

Literature

original description	Karling, T. G. (1931). Untersuchungen über Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) aus dem Brackwasser des Finnischen Meerbusens. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 11: 1-67.
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.
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. Placorhynchus Karling, 1931. 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:142360

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Placorhynchus Karling, 1931. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/eeee4c13-2646-418d-a15e-733d2d525508