Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Tricladida > Suborder Continenticola > Superfamily Planarioidea > Family Planariidae > Genus Planaria

Planaria torva (Müller, 1773) Müller, 176

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Planaria*	Müller, 1776	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fasciola torva*	Müller OF, 1773	synonym

Children

Planaria torva albolineata Luther, 1961
Planaria torva stygia Kenk, 1936
Planaria torva torva (Muller, 1774)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Polish: wypławek brunatny

Literature

basis of record	BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
additional source	Diez, Y. L.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (2024). Little neighbours in Hamburg: free-living aquatic flatworms (Platyhelminthes). Evolutionary Systematics. 8(2): 279-310.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Planaria torva (Müller, 1773) Müller, 176. 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:416482

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Planaria torva (Müller, 1773) Müller, 176. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/781a5430-3958-4509-8726-cf443a3a203d