Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Kalyptorhynchia > Infraorder Eukalyptorhynchia > Family Cystiplanidae > Genus Nigerrhynchus

Nigerrhynchus opisthoporus Schilke, 1970

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nigerrhynchus*	Schilke, 1970	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Schilke, K. (1970). Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria) aus dem Eulitoral der deutschen Nordseeküste. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. 21(1-2): 143-265.
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	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.
additional source	De Vocht, A. (1989). Ultrastructure of the proboscis in Cystiplanidae, (Plathelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia). Zoomorphology. 109: 1–10.
additional source	Hoxhold, S. (1974). Zur Populationsstruktur und Abundanzdynamik interstitieller Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela). Mikrofauna des Meersbodens, 41: 1-134.
taxonomy source	Karling, T. G. (1992). Identification of the Kalyptorhynchia (Plathelminthes) in Meixner's 'Turbellaria' 1938 with remarks on the morphology and distribution of the species in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Zoologica Scripta. 21: 103-118.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Nigerrhynchus opisthoporus Schilke, 1970. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143074