Ax & Armonies 1987 (citation)- p. 11, "Macrostomum parthenopeum Beklemischev, 1951 from Naples (amidst aquatic plants at the rubble shore) is presumably identical to M. rubrocinctum Ax, 1951 (Beklemishev, in letter)." Note that Brand et al. 2022 (citation) recover two species that cluster with Macrostomum rubrocinctum (one from Western Australia and one from Victoria), some of which also have some red pigments on the head.
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."Return to Macrostomum rubrocinctum