WoRMS taxon details
Promesostoma alaskanum Ax & Armonies, 1990
Promesostoma alaskana Ax & Armonies, 1990 · unaccepted (Adjusted to gender of genus...)
Adjusted to gender of genus (according to ICZN Art.31.2.), following ICZN Art.34.2.
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Type locality contained in Gulf of Alaska, Alaskan Exclusive Economic...
type locality contained in Gulf of Alaska [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
type locality contained in Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Promesostoma alaskanum Ax & Armonies, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=878868 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Promesostoma alaskana Ax & Armonies, 1990) Ax, P. & Armonies W. (1990) Brackish water plathelminthes from Alaska as evidence for the existence of a boreal brackish water community with circumpolar distribution Microfauna Marina 6: 7-109 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
[request]basis of record Tyler, S.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L. F. (comp.). (2006-2016). Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7., available online at http://turbellaria.umaine.edu [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Environment Ax & Armonies (1990) do not mention the salinity in their table on p. 13, but it appears one of the few localities that is pure marine. The fact that Ax (2008) does not mention the species in his overview of brackish water species from the N. hemisphere supports this conclusion. [details]
