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

Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ptychopera avicularis*	Karling, 1974	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera ehlersi*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera hartogi*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera plebeia*	(Beklemischev, 1927) Den Hartog, 1964	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera purasjokii*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera spinifera*	Den Hartog, 1966	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera subterranea*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera tuberculata*	(Graff, 1882) Den Hartog, 1964	taxonomically included in; species inquirenda
*Ptychopera westbladi*	(Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera zostericola*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in

Children

Ptychopera avicularis Karling, 1974
Ptychopera ehlersi Ax, 1971
Ptychopera hartogi Ax, 1971
Ptychopera plebeia (Beklemischev, 1927) Den Hartog, 1964
Ptychopera purasjokii Ax, 1971
Ptychopera spinifera Den Hartog, 1966
Ptychopera subterranea Ax, 1971
Ptychopera tuberculata (Graff, 1882) Den Hartog, 1964
Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964
Ptychopera zostericola Ax, 1971

Literature

original description	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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964. 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:142442

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0aeea450-1e06-4741-ac81-bba5d49d42ca