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

Placorhynchus echinulatus Karling, 1947

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Placorhynchus*	Karling, 1931	accepted genus name

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	Ax, P. (1995) Plathelminthes aus dem Eulitoral von Godhavn (Disko, Gronland) Microfauna Marina 10: 249-294
additional source	Karling, T. G. (1963). Die Turbellarien ostfennoskandiens. V. Neorhabdocoela. 3. Kalyptorhynchia. Fauna Fenica. 17: 5-59.
additional source	Karling, T. G. (1952). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria). IV. Einige Eukalyptorhynchia. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 69: 1-49.
additional source	Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.
additional source	Boaden, P. J. S. (1963). The interstitial Turbellaria Kalyptorhynchia from some north Wales beaches. Proceedings of the Royal Society London. 141: 173-205.
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	Willems, W. R.; Sandberg, M. I.; Jondelius, U. (2007). First report on Rhabdocoela (Rhabditophora) from deep parts of Skagerrak, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa, 1616: 1-21 [Errata in Zootaxa 1632:68]

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 echinulatus 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:143166