Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Kalyptorhynchia > Infraorder Eukalyptorhynchia > Family Polycystididae > Subfamily Polycystidinae > Genus Opisthocystis

Opisthocystis goettei (Bresslau, 1906) Sekera, 1911

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Opisthocystis*	Sekera, 1911	accepted genus name
*Klattia*	Kepner, Stirewalt & Ferguson, 1939	synonym
*Macrorhynchus (Opisthocystis)*	Sekera, 1911	synonym
*Polycystis (Opisthocystis)*		synonym

Species group names

*Polycystis goettei*	Bresslau, 1906	objective synonym
*Klattia virginiensis*	Kepner, Stirewalt & Ferguson, 1939	subjective synonym
*Macrorhynchus (Opisthocystis) goettei*	(Bresslau, 1906) Reisinger, 1926	synonym
*Polycystis (Opisthocystis) goettei*		synonym
*Polycystis roosevelti*	Graff, 1911	synonym

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	Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium. pp. 19-25.
additional source	Karling, T. G. (1963). Die Turbellarien ostfennoskandiens. V. Neorhabdocoela. 3. Kalyptorhynchia. Fauna Fenica. 17: 5-59.
additional source	Evdonin, L. A. (1970). The proboscis apparatus in the family Polycystidae (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela, Kalyptorhynchia). In: "Studies in the evolutionary morphology of invertebrates". Ed. A.V. Ivanov. State University Leningrad. 5–53.
new combination reference	Sekera, E. (1911). Studien über Turbellarien. Sitzungsberichte der königligen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Prag. 13: 1–38: 1 plate.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Opisthocystis goettei (Bresslau, 1906) Sekera, 1911. 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:143191

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Opisthocystis goettei (Bresslau, 1906) Sekera, 1911. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b5f568d3-dbd9-45bd-a78f-b08b1d29586e