Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Rhabditophora > Infraclass Eulecithophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Kalyptorhynchia > Infraorder Eukalyptorhynchia > Family Polycystididae > Subfamily Macrorhynchinae > Genus Opisthocystis

Opisthocystis goettei (Bresslau, 1906)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Polycystis Kölliker, 1845

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Opisthocystis*	Sekera, 1912	accepted genus name
*Klattia*	Kepner, Stirewalt & Ferguson, 1939	synonym

Species group names

*Klattia virginiensis*	Kepner, Stirewalt & Ferguson, 1939	subjective synonym
*Klattia virginiensis*	Kepner, Stirewalt & Ferguson, 1939	synonym
*Macrorhynchus (Opisthocystis) goettei*	Reisinger, 1926	synonym
*Polycystis (Opisthocystis) goettei*	Sekera, 1912	synonym
*Polycystis goettei*	Bresslau, 1906	synonym
*Polycystis roosevelti*	Graff, 1911	synonym

Literature

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	Evdonin L.A. (1970) De Proboscis bij de familie Polycystidae (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela, Kalyptorhynchia) Onderzoekingen over de evolutionaire morphology der ongewervelden : 22-30
additional source	Karling T.G. (1963) Die turbellarien ostfennoskandiens5. Neorhabdocoela 3. Kalyptorhynchia Societas pro fauna et flora Fennica 17: 21702
additional source	Schockaert, E.R.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Martens, P.M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas, in: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". pp. 19-25

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

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Citation

Artois, T. (2014). Opisthocystis goettei (Bresslau, 1906). 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:143191

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Opisthocystis goettei (Bresslau, 1906). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=91391