Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Kalyptorhynchia > Infraorder Eukalyptorhynchia > Family Placorhynchidae > Genus Placorhynchus

Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Placorhynchus*	Karling, 1931	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Placorhynchus octaculeatus dimorphis*	Karling, 1947	synonym

Literature

original description	Karling, T. G. (1947). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). I. Die Familien Placorhynchidae und Gnathorhynchidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 50:1-64.
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	Müller, D.; Faubel, A. (1993). The 'Turbellaria' of the River Elbe Estuary. A faunistic analysis of oligohaline and limnic areas. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. Suppl. 75: 363-396.
additional source	Ax, P.; Armonies, W. (1987). Amphiatlantic identities in the composition of the boreal brackish water community of Plathelminthes. A comparison between the Canadian and European Atlantic coast. Microfauna Marina, 3:7-80
additional source	Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.
status source	Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. Microfauna Marina. 3: 81-156.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 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:143165

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Placorhynchus dimorphis Karling, 1947. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8e9311d1-9bd7-4027-a7fd-9fe7e0f0bb3b