Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Dalytyphloplanida > Infraorder Neotyphloplanida > Parvorder Thalassotyphloplanida > Family Promesostomidae > Subfamily Paramesostominae > Genus Astrotorhynchus

Astrotorhynchus bifidus (McIntosh, 1874) Graff, 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Astrotorhynchus*	Graff, 1905	accepted genus name
*Astrotorhynchus bifidus*	(McIntosh, 1874) Graff, 1905	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Mesostomum bifidum*	McIntosh, 1874	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	Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W]
additional source	Steinbock, O. (1938). Marine Turbellaria. The Zoology of Iceland, Levin & Munksgaard (Publ.), Copenhagen and Reykjavik,. Vol. II, Part 9, 26 pp., 8 f.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
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.
new combination reference	Graff, L. von. (1905). Marine Turbellarien Orottavas und der Küsten Europas. Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftlige Zoologie. 83: 68-150. With 6 plates.
taxonomy source	Van Steenkiste, N. W.; Herbert, E. R.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Species diversity in the marine microturbellarian Astrotorhynchus bifidus sensu lato (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 120: 259-273.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Astrotorhynchus bifidus (McIntosh, 1874) Graff, 1905. 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:143384