North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Philactinoposthia Dörjes, 1968

AphiaID

142138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142138)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dakuidae Hooge, 2003

Direct children (9)

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Species Philactinoposthia adenogonaria Dörjes, 1968
Species Philactinoposthia diploposthia Dörjes, 1968
Species Philactinoposthia helgolandica Dörjes, 1968
Species Philactinoposthia pusilla (Westblad, 1946)
Species Philactinoposthia stylifera (Westblad, 1946)
Species Philactinoposthia viridis Dörjes, 1968
Species Philactinoposthia viridorhabditis Dörjes, 1968
Species Philactinoposthia rhammifera (Westblad, 1946) accepted as Philocelis rhammifera (Westblad, 1946) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Synonym)
Species Philactinoposthia saliens (Graff, 1882) accepted as Philocelis saliens (Graff, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Dörjes, J. (1968). Die Acoela (Turbellaria) der Deutschen Nordseekuste und ein neues system der ordnung. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung. 6: 56-452., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1968.tb00431.x [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Philactinoposthia Dörjes, 1968. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142138 on 2026-10-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Philactinoposthia Dörjes, 1968. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=142138 on 2026-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Faubel, Anno

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-06-17 12:41:58Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

2010-06-17 13:06:02Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

2016-06-15 09:14:08Z

changed

Tyler, Seth

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original description Dörjes, J. (1968). Die Acoela (Turbellaria) der Deutschen Nordseekuste und ein neues system der ordnung. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung. 6: 56-452., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1968.tb00431.x [details] Available for editors

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 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Maranzano, M.; Englund, S.; Jondelius, U. (2026). Species diversity and taxonomy of Dakuidae (Acoela). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. , available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-026-00706-4 [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Introduced: alien

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