• Proporidae Graff, L. von 1882. Monographie der Turbellarien. 1. Rhabdocoelida. Leipzig : Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann Vol. 1 pp. i-ixxi, 1-442. [Two volumes].

  Type genus:

   Proporus Schmidt, 1852.
• Haploposthiidae Westblad, E. 1948. Studien ueber skandinavische Turbellaria Acoela. V. Arkiv för Zoologi 41 A(7): 1-82.

  Type genus:

   Haploposthia An der Lan, 1936.
• Polycanthiidae Hooge, M.D. 2003. Two new families, three new genera, and four new species of acoel flatworms (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44: 275-298 [292].

  Type genus:

   Polycanthus Hooge, 2003.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jondelius, U., Wallberg, A., Hooge, M. and Raikova, O.I. 2011. How the worm got its pharynx: phylogeny, classification and Bayesian assessment of character evolution in Acoela. Systematic Biology 60(6): 845-871

Introduction

Around 63 species in 14 genera, two species in two genera recorded from Australia. Likely to be more species present in Australia however more work is required to determine their presence.

General References

Dörjes, J. 1971. Monographie der Proporidae und Solenofilomorphidae (Turbellaria Acoela). Senckenbergiana Biologica 52: 113-137

Tyler, S., Schilling, S., Hooge, M. & Bush, L.F. (comp.) 2006-2020. Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7. http://turbellaria.umaine.edu

History of changes

• Haplogonaria Dörjes, J. 1968. Die Acoela (Turbellaria) der Deutschen Nordseeküste und ein neues system der ordnung. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 6: 56-452 [98].

  Type species:

   Haplogonaria simplex Dörjes, 1968 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Haplogonaria stradbrokensis Hooge, M.D. 2003. Two new families, three new genera, and four new species of acoel flatworms (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44: 275-298 [283].

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) QM 222095, same data as syntypes;
  Syntype(s) QM 222093, 222094 two sets 1.5 micron serial sagittal sections, Amity, Stradbroke Island, Queensland [27° 23'S, 153° 29'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

North Stradbroke Island, QLD

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Polycanthus Hooge, M.D. 2003. Two new families, three new genera, and four new species of acoel flatworms (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44: 275-298 [292].

  Type species:

   Polycanthus torosus Hooge, 2003 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Polycanthus torosus Hooge, M.D. 2003. Two new families, three new genera, and four new species of acoel flatworms (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44: 275-298 [293].

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) QM 222102 whole mount, same data as syntypes;
  Syntype(s) QM 222100, 222101 two sets 1.5 micron serial sagittal sections, Habitat Protection Zone, Green Island, Cairns, Queensland [16°48'S, 149°01'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Green Island, QLD

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes