Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Rhabditophora > Superorder Macrostomorpha > Order Macrostomida > Family Macrostomidae > Genus Macrostomum

Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macrostomum*	Schmidt, 1848	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Macrostomum spirale*	Ax, 1956	subjective synonym
*Macrostomum spirale*	Ax, 1956	synonym

Children

Macrostomum balticum meridionalis Papi, 1953

Literature

original description	Luther A. (1947) Untersuchungen an rhabdocoelen Turbellarien 6. Macrostomiden aus Finland Acta Zoologica Fennica 49: 14671
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
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Schockaert, E.R.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Martens, P.M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas, in: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". pp. 19-25

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142751

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Macrostomum balticum Luther, 1947. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=454358