Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Dalytyphloplanida > Infraorder Neotyphloplanida > Parvorder Limnotyphloplanida > Family Typhloplanidae > Subfamily Mesostominae

Mesostoma Dugès, 1830

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Derostoma*	Dugès, 1828	synonym
*Mesostomum*		synonym
*Schizostomum*	Schmidt, 1848	synonym
*Turbella*	Ehrenberg, 1831	synonym

Children

Mesostoma benazzii Papi, 1949
Mesostoma climenti Nasonov, 1923
Mesostoma craci Schmidt, 1858
Mesostoma ehrenbergi (Focke, 1836)
Mesostoma extremeniense Noreña, Campo & Real, 1999
Mesostoma extremeniensis Noreña, del Campo & del Real, 1999
Mesostoma lingua (Abildgaard, 1789) Schmidt, 1848
Mesostoma maculatum Hofsten, 1917
Mesostoma murmanicum Nasonov, 1923
Mesostoma nigrirostrum Braun, 1885
Mesostoma platycephalum Braun, 1885
Mesostoma platygastricum von Hofsten, 1924
Mesostoma productum (Schmidt, 1848) Leuckart, 1854
Mesostoma punctatum Braun, 1885
Mesostoma rhynchotum Braun, 1885
Mesostoma sibollae Kolasa, 1976
Mesostoma tetragonum (Muller, 1773)
Mesostoma viaregginum Kolasa, 1976
Mesostoma zariae Kolasa & Mead, 1981
Mesostomum chlorosticum Schmidt, 1857

Literature

original description	Dugès, A. (1830). Aperçu de quelques observations nouvelles sur les Planaires et plusieurs genres voisins. Annales des Sciences naturelles. 1. Ser. Tom. 21: 72-91.
basis of record	Tom Artois; Ernest Schockaert. (2005-2017). World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia.
taxonomy source	Noreña Janssen, C.; Faubel, A. (1992). Revision of the Subfamily Mesostominae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 89: 7–47.
taxonomy source	Ferguson F.F., Hayes W.J. jr. (1941). A synopsis of the genus Mesostoma Ehrenberg 1835. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 57(1): 1–52.
ecology source	Basil J.A. & Fernando R.S. (1975). Ecological notes on the Indian freshwater microturbellaria: Mesostoma sp. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 72: 875-877.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mesostoma Dugès, 1830. 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:178977

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Mesostoma Dugès, 1830. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/574ddb46-00b8-46a5-bacf-4af572237e0c