Taxon Profile: Plagiostomum giganteum

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
117997
Authority
Unknown or not entered.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Turbellaria
Order
Not assigned to an order
Family
Plagiostomidae
Genus
Plagiostomum

Profile

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Dave Watts on 20-Apr-2009
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Sluys, R. (1992) A synopsis of Antarctic Plagiostomids (Platyhelminthes, Prolecithophora), with a description of a new species and remarks on taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. Polar Biology 12 507-518. Source is Original

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen
Kristie Island, Anvers Island

Reference: - Sluys, R. (1992) A synopsis of Antarctic Plagiostomids (Platyhelminthes, Prolecithophora), with a description of a new species and remarks on taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. Polar Biology 12 507-518. Source is Original