Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Dalytyphloplanida > Infraorder Neotyphloplanida > Parvorder Thalassotyphloplanida > Family Trigonostomidae > Genus Ceratopera

Ceratopera axi (Riedl, 1954) Den Hartog, 1964

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ceratopera*	Den Hartog, 1964	accepted genus name
*Messoplana*	Den Hartog, 1966	synonym

Species group names

*Ceratopera bifida*	Ehlers & Ax, 1974	synonym
*Proxenetes axi*	Riedl, 1954	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	Willems, W.; Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Reports on the Free-Living Platyhelminthes from Australia: Typhloplanoida, with the Description of Three New Taxa. Zoological Science. 21(3): 333-341.
additional source	Willems, W.; Artois,T.; Vermin, W.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. (2005). “Typhloplanoida” (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of six new taxa. Journal of Natural History. 39(19) : 1561-1582.
additional source	Willems, W. R.; Artois, T. J.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. R. (2005). Typhloplanoida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from New Caledonia and eastern Australia, with the description of six new taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 32: 79-98.
additional source	Van Steenkiste, N.; Volonterio, O.; Schockaert, E.; Artois, T. (2008). Marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Uruguay, with the description of eight new species and two new genera. Zootaxa. 1914: 1-33.
additional source	Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Schockaert, E. (2000). Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with the description of eight new species. Belgian Journal of Zoology. 130(2): 103-110.
new combination reference	Den Hartog, C. (1964). A preliminary revision of the Proxenetes group (Trigonostomidae, Turbellaria). I-III. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences. 67: 371-407.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Ceratopera axi (Riedl, 1954) Den Hartog, 1964. 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:143388