Turbellarian taxonomic database

Archimacrostomum rubrocinctum Notes


Faubel & Warwick 2005 (citation) claim that Ferguson 1954 (citation) transferred Macrostomum rubrocinctum to Archimacrostomum rubrocinctum, when in fact he transferred it to Inframacrostomum rubrocinctum. Archimacrostomum rubrocinctum this is a synonym of Macrostomum rubrocinctum.

Notes for the valid (accepted) taxonomic name

Notes for Macrostomum rubrocinctum

Ax & Armonies 1987 (citation)- p. 11, "M. rubrocinctum is presumably a backish water species, only found in floating algal mats and in muddy low energy zones."

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