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Genus Prosthiostomum Quatrefages, 1845

Introduction

Faubel (1984) considered Amakusaplana Kato, 1938 to be a junior synonym of Prosthiostomum Quatrefages, 1845. Prudhoe (1985) also noted the similarity of Amakusaplana to Prosthiostomum, however, he maintained the validity of the genus. Genetic analyses conducted by Litvaitis et al. (2019) placed Amakusaplana acroporae in Prosthiostomum with strong support; they proposed Amakusaplana be synonymised with Prosthiostomum.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Notes

Full synonymy of type species:
= Prosthiostomum siphunculus (Della Chiaje, 1828) Lang, 1884;
Prosthiostomum elongatum Quatrefages, 1845;
Prosthiostomum arctum Quatrefages, 1845;
Leptoplana arcta (Quatrefages, 1845) Diesing, 1850;
Leptoplana elongata (Quatrefages, 1845) Diesing, 1850;
Prosthiostomum hamatum O.Schmidt, 1861;
Leptoplana hamata (O.Schmidt, 1861) Diesing, 1862;
? Prosthiostomum emarginatum Leuckart, 1863;
Mesodiscus inversiporus Minot, 1877

 

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)
20-May-2023 RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985 11-Apr-2023 MODIFIED Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
17-Aug-2015 "TURBELLARIA" 12-Aug-2015 MODIFIED Dr Kathryn Hall
"TURBELLARIA" 30-Jul-2012 ADDED Dr Kathryn Hall