Stylostomum

Stylostomum
Stylostomum ellipse from Ría de Arousa, Spain
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Suborder: Cotylea
Family: Stylostomidae
Genus: Stylostomum
Lang, 1884[1][2]
Type species
Planaria ellipsis
Species

See Taxonomy

Stylostomum is a genus of flatworms in the family Stylostomidae.[2][5] All species in the genus are found in the boreal and temperate realms north of latitude 36°N and south of latitude 36°S, with the exception of S. mixtomaculatum found in the west coast of India.[6]

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Stylostomum:[2][6]

  • S. ellipse (Dalyell, 1853)[3]
  • S. felinum Marcus, 1954
  • S. frigidum Bock, 1931
  • S. fulvum Giard, 1888
  • S. lentum Heath & McGregor, 1912[7]
  • S. mixtomaculatum Pitale & Apte, 2019[8]
  • S. rusticum Giard, 1888
  • S. sanjuania Holleman, 1972
  • S. spanis Holleman, 2001[4]

References

  1. ^ Lang, Arnold (1884). "Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel". Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. 11. Leipzig: W. Engelmann: I–IX + 1–688. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10545. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Retrieved 2025-09-04 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ a b c "World list of turbellarian worms - Stylostomum Lang, 1884". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
  3. ^ a b Dalyell, John Graham (1851). The powers of the Creator displayed in the creation; or, Observations on life amidst the various forms of the humbler tribes of animated nature. London: J. Van Voorst. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.21823.
  4. ^ a b Holleman, J. J. (2001). "A review of the genus Stylostomum Lang, 1884 (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) and the description of a new species". Belgian Journal of Zoology (Supplement). 131 (1): 227–229.
  5. ^ Dittmann, Isabel L.; Cuadrado, Daniel; Aguado, Maria Teresa; Noreña, Carolina; Egger, Bernhard (2019-12-01). "Polyclad phylogeny persists to be problematic". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19 (4): 585–608. Bibcode:2019ODivE..19..585D. doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00415-1. hdl:10261/247677. ISSN 1618-1077.
  6. ^ a b Tsuyuki, Aoi; Oya, Yuki; Kajihara, Hiroshi (2020-06-26). "First record of Stylostomum ellipse (Dalyell, 1853) (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) from the Pacific Ocean". Check List. 16 (3): 773–779. doi:10.15560/16.3.773. ISSN 1809-127X.
  7. ^ Heath, Harold; McGregor, Ernest A. (1912). "New Polyclads from Monterey Bay, California". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 64: 455–488. ISSN 0097-3157. JSTOR 4063474.
  8. ^ Pitale, Reshma; Apte, Deepak (2019-08-08). "Intertidal Euryleptid polyclads and description of a new Stylostomum Lang, 1884 from Maharashtra, India". Zootaxa. 4652 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.5. ISSN 1175-5334.