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

Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ptychopera*	Den Hartog, 1964	accepted genus name
*Ptychopera avicularis*	Karling, 1974	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera ehlersi*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera hartogi*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera plebeia*	(Beklemischev, 1927) Den Hartog, 1964	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera purasjokii*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera spinifera*	Den Hartog, 1966	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera subterranea*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera tuberculata*	(Graff, 1882) Den Hartog, 1964	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera westbladi*	(Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964	taxonomically included in
*Ptychopera zostericola*	Ax, 1971	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Proxenetes westbladi*	Luther, 1943	objective 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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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	Ax, P. (2008). Plathelminthes aus Brackgewässern der Nordhalbkugel. Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Literatur Mainz, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 696 pp.
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. Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) 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:143447

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/540ab478-2589-47d4-9bc3-559831e769ca