Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superorder Macrostomorpha > Order Macrostomida > Family Macrostomidae > Genus Macrostomum

Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macrostomum*	Schmidt, 1848	accepted genus name
*Archimacrostomum*	Ferguson, 1954	synonym
*Axia*	Ferguson, 1954	synonym
*Macrostoma*	Örsted, 1843	synonym

Children

Macrostomum balticum meridionalis Papi, 1953

Literature

original description	Luther, A. (1947). Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarian VI. Macrostomiden aus Finnland. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 49: 1-38.
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947. 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:142751

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/47c1b01f-5e5f-4a0a-a3bd-b728e381004e