WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Leptoplana formosa Darwin, 1844

AphiaID

484751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484751)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptoplana Ehrenberg, 1831

Original name

Leptoplana formosa Darwin, 1844

Synonymised names

Planaria formosa Darwin, 1844 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Leptoplana formosa Darwin, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484751 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-24 15:33:19Z

created

Tyler, Seth

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Planaria formosa Darwin, 1844) Darwin, C. (1844). Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Ann. and Mag. of Nat hist., 14: 241-251, pl. 5, figs. 1-4 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Faubel, A. (1983). The Polycladida, Turbellaria - Proposal and estalishment of a new system Part I. The Acotylea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 80: 17-121. [details] Available for editors