Family PROPORIDAE Graff, 1882
- 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
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2021 | XENACOELOMORPHA Philippe, Brinkmann, Copley, Moroz, Nakano, Poustka, Wallberg, Peterson & Telford, 2011 | 10-Jun-2021 | MOVED | Dr Kathryn Hall (QM) Dr Haylee Weaver (ABRS) |
| 26-Jul-2012 | XENACOELOMORPHA Philippe, Brinkmann, Copley, Moroz, Nakano, Poustka, Wallberg, Peterson & Telford, 2011 | 29-Jun-2016 | ADDED | Dr Kathryn Hall (QM) Dr Haylee Weaver (ABRS) |
| 26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 18-Sep-2014 | 19-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Nov-2010 | 09-Nov-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |