Turbellarian taxonomic database

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Bilateria (Main hierarchy)
Protostomia       Grobben, 1908
Platyhelminthes       Minot, 1876
Rhabditophora       Ehlers, 1985
Trepaxonemata       Ehlers, 1984
Euneoophora       Laumer & Giribet, 2014
Acentrosomata       Egger, Lapraz, Tomiczek, et al., 2015
Adiaphanida       Noren & Jondelius, 2002
Tricladida       Lang, 1884
Continenticola       Carranza, Littlewood, Clough, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguna, & Riutort, 1998
Geoplanoidea       Stimpson, 1857
Dugesiidae       Ball, 1974
Dugesia       Girard, 1850

Dugesia Girard, 1850 (143 subtax.)             synonyms     card avail. literature spp.images    wrms
absoloni (Komarek, 1919)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
aconcinna Chen & Dong, 2025                       literature     wrms
adunca Chen & Sluys, 2022                       literature dist'n   wrms
aenigma De Vries, 1984                     card avail. literature     wrms
aethiopica Stocchino, Corso, Manconi, & Pala, 2002                       literature dist'n   wrms
afromontana Stocchino & Sluys, 2012                       literature     wrms
ancoraria Zhu & Wang, 2024                       literature dist'n   wrms
andamanensis (Kaburaki, 1925)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
annandalei (Kaburaki, 1918)               synonyms     card avail. literature     wrms
arabica Harrath & Sluys, 2013                       literature dist'n   wrms
arcadia De Vries, 1988                       literature dist'n   wrms
ariadnae De Vries, 1984                     card avail. literature     wrms
artesiana Sluys & Grant, 2007                       literature dist'n   wrms
astrocheta Marcus, 1953                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
aurea Leria, 2020                       literature dist'n   wrms
aurita (Kennel, 1888)     taxon inquirendum         synonyms       literature     wrms
austroasiatica Kawakatsu, 1985                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
bactriana de Beauchamp, 1959                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
bakurianica Porfirieva, 1958               synonyms       literature     wrms
batuensis Ball, 1970                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
benazzii Lepori, 1951               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
bengalensis Kawakatsu, 1983                       literature dist'n   wrms
biblica Benazzi & Banchetti, 1973                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
bifida Stocchino & Sluys, 2014                   notes   literature dist'n   wrms
bijuga Harrath & Sluys, 2019                       literature dist'n   wrms
boehmigi (Weiss, 1910)               synonyms       literature dist'n   wrms
borneana Kawakatsu, 1972                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
brachycephala (Bohmig, 1897)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
brigantii De Vries & Benazzi, 1983       2 images            card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
burmaensis (Kaburaki, 1918)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
bursagrossa Harrath & Sluys, 2025                       literature     wrms
cantonensis Yang & Yin, 2025                       literature     wrms
capensis Sluys, 2007                       literature dist'n   wrms
chichkovi (Hranova, 1929)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
circumcisa Chen & Dong, 2021                       literature dist'n   wrms
colapha Dahm, 1967     taxon inquirendum               card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
congolensis de Beauchamp, 1951     taxon inquirendum               card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
constrictiva Chen & Dong, 2022       2 images              literature     wrms
corbata Leria, 2020                       literature dist'n   wrms
crassimentula Sluys & Stocchino, 2024                       literature     wrms
cretica (Meixner, 1928)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
damoae De Vries, 1984                     card avail. literature     wrms
debeauchampi De Vries, 1988                       literature dist'n   wrms
deharvengi Kawakatsu & Mitchell, 1989                       literature dist'n   wrms
didiaphragma De Vries, 1988                   notes   literature dist'n   wrms
dorotocephala (Woodworth, 1897)       5 images      synonyms   notes card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
dubia (Borelli, 1895)                       literature     wrms
ectophysa Marcus, 1953                       literature dist'n   wrms
effusa Sluys, 2013                       literature     wrms
elegans De Vries, 1984                     card avail. literature     wrms
etrusca Benazzi, 1944 (6 subtax.)             synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
festae (Borelli, 1898)               synonyms       literature     wrms
fissipara (Kennel, 1888)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
foeni Ball, 1977                       literature     wrms
fontinalis (Nurse, 1950)                       literature     wrms
gemmulata Sun & Wang, 2022                       literature dist'n   wrms
gibberosa Stocchino & Sluys, 2017                       literature dist'n   wrms
glandulosa Kenk, 1930               synonyms       literature     wrms
golanica Bromley & Benazzi, 1991                       literature dist'n   wrms
gonocephala (Duges, 1830) (4 subtax.)     1 images      synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n TYPE wrms
gonocephaloides Girard, 1850               synonyms     card avail. literature     wrms
granosa Stocchino & Sluys, 2017                       literature dist'n   wrms
hepta Pala, Casu, & Vacca, 1981                     card avail. literature     wrms
hoidi Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Sluys, & Riutort, 2023                       literature     wrms
hymanae (Sivickis, 1928)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
iheringii (Bohmig, 1887)               synonyms     card avail. literature     wrms
ilvana Lepori, 1948               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
improvisa Sluys & Sola, 2013                       literature     wrms
indica Kawakatsu, 1969                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
indonesiana Kawakatsu, 1973                     card avail. literature     wrms
insolita Stocchino & Sluys, 2024                       literature     wrms
iranica Livanov, 1951                     card avail. literature     wrms
izuensis Kato, 1943       1 images            card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964       3 images      synonyms   notes card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
krishnaswamyi Kawakatsu, 1975                       literature     wrms
lamottei de Beauchamp, 1952                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
lanzai Banchetti & del Papa, 1972                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
lata (Sivickis, 1923)               synonyms       literature     wrms
laurentiana (Borelli, 1897)               synonyms       literature dist'n   wrms
leclerci Kawakatsu & Mitchel, 1995                       literature dist'n   wrms
leporii Pala, Stocchino, Corso, & Casu, 2000                       literature     wrms
libanica Bromley & Benazzi, 1991                       literature dist'n   wrms
liguriensis De Vries, 1988                       literature dist'n   wrms
lindbergi de Beauchamp, 1959                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
machadoi de Beauchamp, 1952                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
maculata (Leidy, 1847)                       literature     wrms
maghrebiana Stocchino, Manconi, Corso, Sluys, Casu & Pala, 2009                       literature dist'n   wrms
majuscula Chen & Dong, 2021                       literature dist'n   wrms
malickyi De Vries, 1984                     card avail. literature     wrms
mariae Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Sluys, & Riutort, 2023                       literature     wrms
mertoni (Steinmann, 1914)               synonyms     card avail. literature     wrms
michaelsoni (Bohmig, 1902)               synonyms       literature     wrms
microbursalis (Hyman, 1931)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
milloti Beauchamp, 1952                   notes card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
minotauros De Vries, 1984                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
mirabilis De Vries, 1988                       literature dist'n   wrms
modesta Girard, 1893                       literature     wrms
monomyoda Marcus, 1953                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
montana Nurse, 1950 (2 subtax.)                     literature     wrms
musculosa Chen & Dong, 2024                       literature     wrms
myopa De Vries, 1988                   notes   literature dist'n   wrms
naiadis Sluys, 2013                       literature     wrms
nannophallus Ball, 1970                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
nansheae De Vries, 1988                       literature dist'n   wrms
neumanni (Neppi, 1904)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
nonatoi Marcus, 1946                     card avail. literature     wrms
notogaea Sluys & Kawakatsu, 1998                       literature dist'n   wrms
novaguineana Kawakatsu, 1976                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
parasagitta Sluys & Sola, 2013                       literature     wrms
patula Chen & Dong, 2025                       literature     wrms
pendula Chen & Dong, 2024                       literature     wrms
polyorchis (Fuhrmann, 1914)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
postica Chen & Dong, 2025                       literature     wrms
punensis Chinchalkar & Kshirsagar, 2025                       literature     wrms
pustulata Harrath & Sluys, 2019                       literature dist'n   wrms
rincona Marcus, 1954               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
ryukyuensis Kawakatsu, 1976               synonyms   notes   literature dist'n   wrms
saccaria Wang & Sluys, 2024       2 images              literature     wrms
saccata Chen & Dong, 2025                       literature     wrms
sagitta (Schmidt, 1861)                       literature     wrms
salina (Whitehouse, 1914)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
schauinslandi (Neppi, 1904)               synonyms       literature     wrms
seclusa (de Beauchamp, 1940)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
semiglobosa Chen & Dong, 2021                       literature dist'n   wrms
siamana Kawakatsu, 1980                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
sicula Lepori, 1948                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
sigmoides Stocchino & Sluys, 2017                       literature dist'n   wrms
similis (Bohmig, 1902)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
sinensis Chen & Wang, 2015                       literature dist'n   wrms
subtentaculata (Draparnaud, 1801)               synonyms       literature dist'n   wrms
sudanica Dahm, 1971     taxon inquirendum               card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
superioris Stocchino & Sluys, 2013                       literature dist'n   wrms
tamilensis Kawakatsu, 1980                     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
tanganyikae (Laidlaw, 1906)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
tubqalis Harrath & Sluys, 2012                       literature     wrms
tumida Chen & Sluys, 2022                       literature dist'n   wrms
uenorum Kawakatsu & Mitchel, 1995                       literature dist'n   wrms
umbonata Song & Wang, 2020                       literature dist'n   wrms
venusta (Bohmig, 1897)               synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
verrucula Chen & Dong, 2021                       literature dist'n   wrms
vestibularis De Vries, 1988                       literature dist'n   wrms
vilafarrei Leria, 2020                       literature dist'n   wrms
xeropotamica Dols-Serrate, Stocchino, Nuin-Villabona, Sluys, & Riutort, 2024                       literature     wrms


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aberana Neppi, 1904     nomen nudum               card avail. literature     wrms
aborensis (Whitehouse, 1913)     nomen dubium         synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
agilis (Stringer, 1909)       5 images      (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
alpina (Dana, 1766)               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
ambigua Bohmig, 1902     nomen dubium         (syn)     card avail. literature     wrms
anceps (Kenk, 1930) (1 subtax.)             (syn)     card avail. literature     wrms
anderlani Kawakatsu & Hauser 1983               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
andina (Borelli, 1895)               (syn)     card avail. literature     wrms
antillana Kenk, 1941       1 images      (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
arimana Hyman, 1957               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
arndti Marcus, 1946               (syn)       literature     wrms
barbarae Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
barroisi (Whitehouse, 1914)     nomen dubium               card avail. literature     wrms
bilineata (Kaburaki, 1918)     nomen dubium         synonyms     card avail. literature     wrms
boehmigi (Weiss, 1910)               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
bonaerensis Moretto, 1996               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
camara (Ball, 1977)               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
cameliae (Fuhrmann, 1914)               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
chilla Marcus, 1954               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
cubana Codreanu & Balcesco, 1973               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
diabolis Hyman, 1956       5 images      (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
dimorpha (Bohmig, 1902)               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
evelinae Marcus, 1955               (syn)     card avail. literature     wrms
falklandica (Westblad, 1952)       1 images      (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
festae Borelli, 1898 (1 subtax.)             (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
foremanii Girard, 1852       1 images      (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
glandulosa (Kenk, 1930)               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
graffi (Weiss, 1909)               (syn)     card avail. literature     wrms
guatemalensis Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
hoernesi (Weiss, 1909)               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
hypoglauca Marcus, 1948               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
iberica Gourbault & Benazzi, 1979               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
jeanneli (de Beauchamp, 1913)       3 images      (syn)     card avail. literature     wrms
jenkinsae Benazzi & Gourbault, 1977               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
jimi Martins, 1970       3 images      (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
longistriata (Fuhrmann, 1914)               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
lugubris (Schmidt, 1861)       1 images      (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
mackenziei Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
mediterranea Benazzi, Baguna, Ballester & del Papa, 1975               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
paeta (Marcus, 1955)               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
paramensis (Fuhrmann, 1914)               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
patagonica (Borelli, 1901)               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
persica Behzad, Masoud, Mahmood, 1998     nomen dubium                 literature dist'n   wrms
pinguis (Weiss, 1910)               (syn)       literature     wrms
polychroa (Schmidt, 1861)       1 images      (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
praecaucasica Porfirieva, 1958               (syn)     card avail. literature     wrms
rava (Weiss, 1909)     nomen dubium         synonyms     card avail. literature     wrms
sanchezi Hyman, 1959               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
schubarti (Marcus, 1946)               (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
sp. Hyman, 1957     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. Kawakatsu, Hauser & Ponce de Leon, 1992     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. Kawakatsu & Mitchell, 1995     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. Kato 1944     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. (Cameron Highlands) Kawakatsu & Ogawara, 1974     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. (Israel) Solà, Sluys, Segev, Blaustein & Riutort (2015)     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. (of Madurai) Kawakatsu & Basil, 1971     nomen nudum 1 images              literature dist'n    
sp. (of Panjab) Kawakatsu & Ogawara, 1974     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. (of Penang) Kawakatsu & Ogawara, 1974     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. (of Rustenburg) Kawakatsu, 1972     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. (of Said Pur) Kawakatsu, 1973     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. (of the Klip River) Kawakatsu, 1972     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
sp. (of Transvaal) Kawakatsu & Ogawara, 1974     nomen nudum                 literature dist'n    
tahitiensis Gourbault, 1977               (syn)     card avail. literature     wrms
taurocaucasica (Livanov, 1951)               (syn)       literature     wrms
tiberiensis (Whitehouse, 1914)     nomen dubium         synonyms     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
tigrina (Girard, 1850)       3 images      (syn)   notes card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
tinga (Marcus, 1955)               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
titicacana Hyman, 1939       1 images      (syn)     card avail. literature dist'n   wrms
torva (Müller, 1773)       2 images      (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
transcaucasica (Livanov, 1951)               (syn)       literature     wrms
typhlomexicana Mitchell & Kawakatsu, 1973               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
ururiograndeana Kawakatsu, Hauser & Ponce de Leon, 1992               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
veneranda Martins, 1970               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
wimbimba Marcus, 1970               (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms
wytegrensis (Sabussow, 1907)       1 images      (syn)       literature dist'n   wrms