Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Rhabditophora > Infraclass Eulecithophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Kalyptorhynchia > Infraorder Eukalyptorhynchia > Family Polycystididae > Subfamily Gyratricinae > Genus Scanorhynchus

Scanorhynchus forcipatus Karling, 1955

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scanorhynchus*	Karling, 1955	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scanorhynchus modestus*	Evdonin, 1971	synonym

Literature

original description	Karling, 1955. Studien Ÿber Kalyptorhynchien (Turbellaria) V. Der Verwandtschaftskreis van Gyratrix Ehrenberg. Atcta Zoologica fennica 88: 1-39
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	Schilke K. (1970) Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria) aus dem Eulitoral der Deutschen Nordseekuste Helgolander wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 21: 143-265
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

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Scanorhynchus forcipatus Karling, 1955. In: Artois, T.; Schockaert, E. & Tyler, S. (2014) World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. 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:143233