Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Proseriata > Infraorder Lithophora > Family Otoplanidae > Subfamily Parotoplaninae > Genus Kataplana

Kataplana germanica (Meixner in Ax, 1951)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kataplana*	Ax, 1956	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Philosyrtis germanica*	Meixner, 1938	synonym

Literature

original description	Ax, P. (1951). Der Turbellarien des Eulitorals der Kieler Bucht. Zoologisher Jahrbucherabteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie de Tierre. 80: 277-378.
additional source	Jouk, P. & Schockaert, E. (2002). Species composition and diversity of free-living Plathelminthes (Turbellaria) from sandy beaches at the Belgian coast. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie. 72(Suppl.): 35-41.
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.
new combination reference	Ax, P. (1956). Monographie der otoplanidae (Turbellaria) Morphologie und systematik. Abhandlungen der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen. 13: 3-298.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Kataplana germanica (Meixner in Ax, 1951). 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:154850