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

Macrostomum pusillum Ax, 1951

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

Species group names

*Archimacrostomum pusillum*	(Ax, 1951) Faubel & Warwick, 2005	synonym

Literature

original description	Ax, P. (1951). Der Turbellarien des Eulitorals der Kieler Bucht. Zoologisher Jahrbucherabteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie de Tierre. 80: 277-378.
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	Ax, P. (1951). Uber zwei marine Macrostomida (Turbellaria) de Gattung Paromalostomum, Vertreter eines bemerkenswerten Organisationstyps. Kieler Meeresforschung. 8: 30-48.
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	Jouk, P. & Schockaert, E. (2002). Species composition and diversity of free-living Plathelminthes (Turbellaria) from sandy beaches at the Belgian coast. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie. 72(Suppl.): 35-41.
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 pusillum Ax, 1951. 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:142770