Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Proseriata > Infraorder Lithophora > Family Monocelididae > Subfamily Cannoninae > Genus Pseudomonocelis

Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala (Schmidt, 1861) Meixner, 1943

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudomonocelis*	Meixner, 1943	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Monocelis ophiocephala*	Schmidt, 1861	synonym

Literature

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	Curini-Galletti, M.; Casu, M. (2005). Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Pseudomonocelis Meixner, 1943 ( Rhabditophora: Proseriata). Journal of Natural History. 39(24): 2187-2201.
additional source	Ax, P. (1959). Zur Systematik Oekologie und Tiergeographie der Turbellarienfauna in den ponto-kaspischen Brackwassermeeren. Zoologisher Jahrbucherabteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie de Tierre. 87: 43-184.
additional source	Murina, G.-V., 1981. Notes on the biology of some psammophile Turbellaria of the Black Sea. Hydrobiologia, 84: 129-130
additional source	Schockaert, E. R.; Martens, P. M. (1987). Turbellaria from Somalia 4. The genus Pseudomonocelis Meixner, 1943. Monitore Zoologico Italiano. 9: 101-115.
source of synonymy	Meixner, J. (1943). Über die Umbildung einer Turbellarienart nach Einwanderung aus dem Meere ins Süßwasser. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie. 43(4-6), 458-468.
identification resource	Casu, M.; Curini-Galletti, M. (2006). Genetic evidence for the existence of cryptic species in the mesopsammic flatworm Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala (Rhabditophora: Proseriata). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87(4): 553-576.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala (Schmidt, 1861) Meixner, 1943. 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:143566