Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Rhabditophora > Order Seriata > Suborder Proseriata > Infraorder Lithophora > Family Otoplanidae > Subfamily Parotoplaninae > Genus Kataplana

Kataplana germanica 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 Systemantik, Geographie und Biologie de Tierre 80: 277-378
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	Ax, P. (1956) Monographie der otoplanidae (Turbellaria) Morphologie und systematik Abhandlungen der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen klasse 13: 3-298
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.

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Citation

Tyler, S.; Artois, T. (2014). Kataplana germanica Ax, 1951. In: Artois, T.; Schockaert, E. & Tyler, S. (2014) World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154850