Turbellarian taxonomic database

Ceratopera bifida Notes

This name was considered a synonym of C. axi by Karling (1986), a position confirmed by more recent studies and therefore followed in recent literature (Artois et al., 2000; Willems et al., 2004, 2005a, b; Van Steenkiste et al., 2008)

Notes for the valid (accepted) taxonomic name

Notes for Ceratopera axi

'Hartog 1964 (citation)- p. 407, "The species occurs in shallow still-water biotopes, where it may be rather numerous between algae. According to Riedl, the species does not show any preference for a special association. It occurs also in intertidal belt in tidal pools."'

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