Mesostoma lingua (Abildgaard, 1789) Schmidt, 1848
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Schmidt, O. (1848). Die rhabdocoelen Strudelwürmer (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) des süssen Wassers. Friedrich Mauke, Jena, 65 p. + 6 plates. https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=236061
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- order
- Rhabdocoela
- family
- Typhloplanidae
- genus
- Mesostoma
- species
- Mesostoma lingua
discussion
Remarks. Adult specimens were highly variable in length (most between 2 and 5 mm) and were milky white to pink. Body shape is bluntly rounded anteriorly and somewhat bluntly pointed posteriorly. Eggs were present on both sides of the body. Internal organization as described by several authors (e. g. Luther 1963; Noreña-Janssen & Faubel 1992).
materials_examined
Material. Many live animals and serially-sectioned specimens from the new locality in Spain. Studies on live animals from France and several sectioned specimens from Canada.
Name
- Synonyms
- Mesostoma baoensis Ruebush, 1939
- Mesostoma chromobactrium Braun, 1885
- Mesostoma chromobactrum Braun, 1885
- Mesostoma chromobractrum
- Mesostoma cyathus Schmidt, 1858
- Mesostoma lingua baoensis Ruebush, 1939
- Mesostoma lingua boaensis
- Mesostoma lingua cyathus Schmidt, 1858
- Mesostoma lingua lingua
- Mesostoma lingua typica Brinkmann, 1906
- Mesostoma sigmoideum Plotnikow, 1905
- Mesostomum cyathus Schmidt, 1858
- Mesostomum lingua (Abildgaard, 1789) Schmidt, 1848
- Planaria lingua Abildgaard, 1789
- Turbella cyathus (Schmidt, 1858) Diesing, 1862
- Turbella lingua (Abildgaard, 1789) Diesing, 1862
- Turbella lingua (Schmidt, 1848)
- Homonyms
- Mesostoma lingua (Abildgaard, 1789) Schmidt, 1848
Bibliographic References
- Müller, O.F. (1789). Zoologia danica, seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum et minus notorum descriptiones et historia vol. III. <em>Havniae.</em>
- Schmidt, Eduard Oskar, 1848: null. Die rhabdocoelen strudelwürmer (Turbellaria rhabdocoela) des süssen wassers. 65.
- Schmidt, O. (1848). Die rhabdocoelen Strudelwürmer (Turbellaria Rhabdocoela) des süssen Wassers. <em>Friedrich Mauke, Jena.</em> 65 p. + 6 plates.
- Young, Johnstone O., 1976: The Freshwater Turbellaria of the African Continent. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Jena, vol. 197, no. 5/6. 419-432.