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

Ceratopera falcata falcata (Ax, 1953) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Subspecies group names

*Messoplana falcata falcata*	(Ax, 1953) Den Hartog, 1966	synonym

Literature

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	Van Steenkiste, N. W. L.; Leander, B. S. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of trigonostomine turbellarians (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Trigonostomidae), including four new species from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182(2): 237-257.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Ceratopera falcata falcata (Ax, 1953) Van Steenkiste & Leander, 2018. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1526985