Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Acoela > Suborder Bursalia > Infraorder Crucimusculata > Family Proporidae

Proporus Schmidt, 1848

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Archiproporus*	An der Lan, 1936	synonym
*Schizoprora*	Schmidt, 1852	synonym

Children

Proporus brochii Westblad, 1945
Proporus lonchitis Dörjes, 1971
Proporus minimus (An der Lan, 1936)
Proporus venenosus (Schmidt, 1852)

Literature

original description	Schmidt, Eduard Oscar. (1848). Neue Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer gesammelt auf einer Reise nach den Färör im Frühjahr 1848 [New contributions to the natural history of worms collected on a journey to the Faerör in the spring of 1848]. [Booklet]. 44 pp., plates I-III, Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Maue, Jena.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Proporus Schmidt, 1848. 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:142185