Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Kalyptorhynchia > Infraorder Eukalyptorhynchia > Family Polycystididae > Subfamily Gyratricinae > Genus Gyratrix

Gyratrix proavus Meixner, 1929

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gyratrix*	Ehrenberg, 1831	accepted genus name
*Gyrator*	Ehrenberg, 1835	synonym

Literature

original description	Meixner, J. (1929). Morphologisch-ökologische Studien an neuen Turbellarien aus dem Meeressande der Kieler Bucht. Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Okologie der Tiere. 14: 765-791.
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	Puccinelli I. & Curini-Galletti M.C. (1987) Chromosomal evolution and speciation in marine populations of Gyratrix hermaphroditus sensu lato (Platyhelminthes: Kalyptorhynchia) and in other species of the Gyratricinae Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 106: 311-320
additional 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.
additional source	Evdonin, L. A. (1977). Monograph of the Turbellaria Kalyptorhynchia in the fauna of the USSR and adjacent areas. [In Russian]. Fauna USSR. Turbellaria, Vol 1, Pt 1. Fauna USSR (NS), 115:1-400
additional source	Martínez, A.; Di Domenico, M.; Leasi, F.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Todaro, M. A.; Zotto, M. D.; Gobert, S.; Artois, T.; Norenburg, J.; Jörger, K. M.; Núñez, J.; Fontaneto, D.; Worsaae, K. (2019). Patterns of diversity and endemism of soft-bodied meiofauna in an oceanic island, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Marine Biodiversity. 49(5): 2033-2055.
additional source	Tessens, B.; Janssen, T.; Artois, T. (2014). Molecular phylogeny of Kalyptorhynchia (Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes) inferred from ribosomal sequence data. Zoologica Scripta. 43: 519-530.
additional source	Meixner, J. (1938). Turbellaria (Strudelwürmer). Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Allgemeiner Teil. In: G. Grimpe, E. Wagler, A Remane (eds). 33(IVb): 1-146, 220 f.
redescription	Karling, T. G. (1955). Studien über Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria) V. Der Verwandtschaftskreis von Gyratrix Ehrenberg. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 88:1-39.

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Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Gyratrix proavus Meixner, 1929. 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:143185