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Planaria
Müller, 1776
AphiaID
147038
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147038)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Nemertea
Nemertea
incertae sedis
Planaria
Status
accepted
Rank
Genus
Parent
Nemertea
incertae sedis
Original name
Planaria
Müller, 1776
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Planaria filiformis
Johnston, 1828
accepted as
Cephalothrix filiformis
(Johnston, 1828)
(
unaccepted
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superseded combination
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Species
Planaria linearis
Rathke, 1799
accepted as
Cephalothrix linearis
(Rathke, 1799)
(basionym)
Environment
marine
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database.
Planaria
Müller, 1776. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147038 on 2026-08-10
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Planaria
Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=147038 on 2026-08-10
Taxonomic edit history
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action
by
2005-03-01 14:19:17Z
created
Gibson, Raymond
2016-03-14 07:05:58Z
changed
Norenburg, Jon
2020-09-27 03:04:11Z
changed
Norenburg, Jon
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (14)
Links (2)
basis of record
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
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Introduced: alien
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