Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Polycladida > Suborder Cotylea > Family Pseudocerotidae > Genus Yungia

Yungia aurantiaca (Delle Chiaje, 1822) Lang, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Yungia*	Lang, 1884	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Planaria aurantiaca*	Delle Chiaje, 1822	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Mediterranean orange polyclad worm; orange flatworm; orange polyclad worm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Goldener Plattwurm

Literature

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	Cuadrado, D.; Moro, L.; Noreña, C. (2017). The Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) of the Canary Islands. New genus, species and records. Zootaxa. 4312(1): 38-68.
new combination reference	Lang, A. (1884). Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. Fauna Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Verlag von Wilhellm Engelmann. Leipzig. I–XI, 1–688. Separate atlas with 39 plates.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Yungia aurantiaca (Delle Chiaje, 1822) Lang, 1884. 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:142848