Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superorder Macrostomorpha > Order Dolichomicrostomida > Family Microstomidae > Genus Microstomum

Microstomum lineare (Müller OF, 1773)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microstomum*	Schmidt, 1848	accepted genus name
*Alaurina*	Busch, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Fasciola lineare*	Muller, 1773	objective synonym
*Fasciola linearis*	Müller OF, 1773	synonym

Literature

original description	Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. [Book]. Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber.
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	Krivorotkin, R.; Timoshkin, O. (2023). First record of Microstomum lineare (Plathelminthes: Dolichomicrostomida: Microstomidae) from Lake Baikal. Zoosystematica Rossica. 32(2): 286-289.
additional source	Graff, L. von. (1909). IV. Turbellaria, Strudelwürmer. I. Teil : Allgemeines und Rhabdocoelida. Brauer Suesswasserfauna Deutschlands H. 19: 59-142.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Microstomum lineare (Müller OF, 1773). 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:142793

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Microstomum lineare (Müller OF, 1773). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0db144b7-6b5b-4bd7-b529-1039445333dc