Turbellarian taxonomic database

(Planaria oceanica Darwin, 1844) = Planocera pellucida

	site	site # (info)	collection date	kind	depth	substrate	salin	comments	reference
A	open ocean 80 miles from Fernando Noronha Island (Ilha Fernando de Noronha), Brazil	1721 map	Feb 1832	type locality	open sea			"This I believe is the first instance of a species of this genus being found in the open sea, at the distance of 150 miles from the nearest part of S. America, and 80 miles from the small island of Fernando Noronha."	Darwin C (1844): 247 ;date derived from Darwin C (citation)
B	Atlantic Ocean	1782 map	prior to 1832	type locality					Mertens H (1832-1833): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 109
C	south Atlantic Ocean	1914 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
D	south Atlantic Ocean	1915 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
E	south Atlantic Ocean	1916 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
F	south Atlantic Ocean	1917 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
G	south Atlantic Ocean	1918 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
H	south Atlantic Ocean	1919 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
I	south Atlantic Ocean	1920 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
J	south Atlantic Ocean	1921 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
K	south Atlantic Ocean	1922 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
L	south Atlantic Ocean	1923 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
M	south Atlantic Ocean	1924 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
N	south Atlantic Ocean	1925 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
O	south Atlantic Ocean	1926 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
P	south Atlantic Ocean	1927 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
Q	south Atlantic Ocean	1928 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
R	south Atlantic Ocean	1929 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
S	south Atlantic Ocean	1930 map	1979		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
T	central Atlantic Ocean	1931 map	1982		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
U	central Atlantic Ocean	1932 map	1982		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
V	central Atlantic Ocean	1933 map	1982		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
W	central Atlantic Ocean	1934 map	1982		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
X	central Atlantic Ocean	1935 map	1982		surface	pelagic			Faubel A (1984): 154-159.
Y	Sargasso Sea, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean	2146 map	winter 1970					Neustal, Middle and South Atlantic, a great number of specimens; collected by Dr. John.	Faubel A (1983): 77
Z	Red Sea	2435 map	autumn 1977					Neustal, Red Sea, several specimens, collected by Dr. John.	Faubel A (1983): 77
A1	southern Tierra del Fuego, Chile and Agentina	1725 map	1903 or earlier						Westblad E (1952): [location from Louise Bush notes on literature for this species, see card or notes]
B1	London, England, United Kingdom	2115 map	1939 or earlier						Palombi A (1939): abstract
C1	west coast, Central America	3984 map	1894 or earlier						Woodworth WM (1894): abstract and Bush card
D1	Tsumeki-saki (Tumeki-saki, Taura-saki, Tauia-saki), Japan	4425 map	Sep 12, 1936					collected by Mr. Takashi Tokioka by a surface net two, 2 miles off Tumeki-saki, southern Izu.	Kato K (1938): 231
E1	Mitsui Institute of Marine Biology, Susaki near Simoda, Siduoka Prefecture, Japan	4428 map	1944 or earlier					Off Susaki near Simoda, Izu (a single specimen). Holopelagic species. Very common in Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, between 42 degrees North and 54 degrees 42 minutes South.	Kato K (1944): 283
F1	Archipiélago Juan Fernández, Chile	4648 map	1923 or earlier					Juan Fernandez.	Bock S (1923): 357; from Marcus 1954 (citation)- p. 4
G1	Sargasso Sea, North Atlantic Ocean	1439 map	1892 or earlier					.. ist also ein holopelagisches Thier, das sowohl im atlantischen als auch im stillen Ocean lebt und bisher noch nirgends littoral gefunden wurde. Ihr Vorkommen in der Sargasso-See ist von der Challengerexpedition konstatirt worden.	Graff Lvon (1892): 199
H1	between Ascension Island and the Equator	5105 map	1892 or earlier	default type				...deutschen Plankton-Expedition. Ein nördlich von Ascension, in der Mitte zwischen dieser Insel und dem Äquator gefischter Schwarm von Janthina communis wurde Herrn Dr. H. Simroth....	Ciccarelli FD, Doerks T, von Mering C, Creevey CJ, Snel B, Bork P (2006): 200

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