North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Otoplana Du Plessis, 1889

AphiaID

142494 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142494)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Otoplaninae Hallez, 1910

Direct children (11)

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Species Otoplana bosporana Ax, 1959
Species Otoplana intermedia Du Plessis, 1889
Species Otoplana setosus (Du Plessis, 1889)
Species Otoplana truncaspina Lanfranchi, 1969
Species Otoplana maculata Steinböck, 1931 (uncertain > nomen dubium, nomen dubium)
Species Otoplana baltica Meixner, 1938 accepted as Otoplanella baltica (Meixner, 1938) (Synonym)
Species Otoplana circinnata (Calandruccio, 1897) accepted as Parotoplana circinnata (Calandruccio, 1897)
Species Otoplana foliacea Meixner, 1938 accepted as Pseudorthoplana foliacea (Meixner, 1938) (Synonym)
Species Otoplana glandulosa Ax, 1951 accepted as Notocaryoplana arctica Steinböck, 1935 (Synonym)
Species Otoplana schulzi Ax, 1951 accepted as Otoplanella schulzi (Ax, 1951) (superseded original combination)
Species Otoplana subterranea Ax, 1951 accepted as Pseudosyrtis subterranea (Ax, 1951) (Synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Du Plessis, G. (1889). Note sur 'l'Otoplana intermedia'. Zoolog. Anz., 12. Jahrg. Leipzig 1889. pages 339-342. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Otoplana Du Plessis, 1889. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142494 on 2026-09-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Otoplana Du Plessis, 1889. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=142494 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Faubel, Anno

2005-04-19 08:30:47Z

changed

Artois, Tom

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-06-17 13:18:29Z

checked

Tyler, Seth

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original description Du Plessis, G. (1889). Note sur 'l'Otoplana intermedia'. Zoolog. Anz., 12. Jahrg. Leipzig 1889. pages 339-342. [details]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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