Turbellarian taxonomic database

Macrostomum brasiliense Notes


Originally named as a subspecies Macrostomum appendiculatum forma brasiliensis Marcus, 1952 (citation), this was later raised to species and moved to Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) by Ferguson (1954) (citation). Given the issues with Archimacrostomum (see notes there), it is now referred to as Macrostomum brasiliense, as suggested by Zhang et al. 2021 (citation) and Brand et al (citation).

Notes from synonyms

Notes for Macrostomum appendiculatum (1) brasiliensis

Originally named as a subspecies Macrostomum appendiculatum forma brasiliensis Marcus, 1952 (citation), this was later raised to species and moved to Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) by Ferguson (1954) (citation). Given the issues with Archimacrostomum (see notes there), it is now referred to as Macrostomum brasiliense, as suggested by Zhang et al. 2021 (citation) and Brand et al (citation).

Notes for Archimacrostomum brasiliensis

Originally named as a subspecies Macrostomum appendiculatum forma brasiliensis Marcus, 1952 (citation), this was later raised to species and moved to Archimacrostomum brasiliense (Marcus, 1952) by Ferguson (1954) (citation). Given the issues with Archimacrostomum (see notes there), it is now referred to as Macrostomum brasiliense, as suggested by Zhang et al. 2021 (citation) and Brand et al (citation).

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