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

Macrostomum rostratum Papi, 1959

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

*Macrostomum phytophilum*	Beklemischev, 1951	subjective synonym

Literature

original description	Papi, F. (1959). Specie nuove o poco note del gen. Macrostomum (Turbellaria Macrostomida) rinvenute in Italia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano. 66(2-3): 84-102.
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	Diez, Y. L.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (2024). Little neighbours in Hamburg: free-living aquatic flatworms (Platyhelminthes). Evolutionary Systematics. 8(2): 279-310.

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 rostratum Papi, 1959. 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:142771

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Macrostomum rostratum Papi, 1959. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/203e1548-42fc-4211-943f-6175002cc2d0