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

Placorhynchus tetraculeatus Armonies & Hellwig, 1987

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Placorhynchus*	Karling, 1931	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Hellwig, M. (1987). Ökologie freilebender Plathelminthen im Grenzraum Watt - Salzwiese lenitischer Gezeitenküsten. Microfauna Marina. 3: 157-248.
original description	Armonies W. & Hellwig M. (1987) Neue plathelminthes aus dem brackwasser der insel Sylt (Nordsee) Microfauna Marina 3: 249-260
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	Armonies, W. (1987). Freilebende Plathelminthen in supralitoralen Salzwiesen der Nordsee: Ökologie einer borealen Brackwasser-Lebensgemeinschaft. Microfauna Marina. 3: 81-156.
additional source	Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.

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 tetraculeatus Armonies & Hellwig, 1987. 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:143168