Stylochus tripartitus Flatworm

Stylochus tripartitus is commonly referred to as Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Douglas Mason, USA

Stylochus tripartitus (HMB) 2008

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lexID:: 15000
AphiaID:: 879513

Scientific:: Stylochus tripartitus
German:: Strudelwurm
English:: Flatworm

Category:: Platwormen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Stylochidae (Family) > Stylochus (Genus) > tripartitus (Species)
Initial determination:: Hyman, 1953

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Food:: Barnacles, Carnivore, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Stylochus californicus
Kalifornischer Strudelwurm
Stylochus ellipticus
Stylochus exiguus
Stylochus franciscanus
Stylochus frontalis
Stylochus oculiferus
Stylochus tripartitus
Strudelwurm
Stylochus zebra

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-07-19 20:02:55
Last edit:: 2024-05-05 13:27:42

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Stylochus tripartitus Hyman, 1953

Polyclad flatworm of the Pacific coast of North America.

Synonymised names
Imogine tripartitus (Hyman, 1953) · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Stylochus (Imogine) tripartitus Hyman, 1953 · unaccepted

External links

A new stylochid flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) from Victoria, Australia and observations on its biology (en). Abgerufen am 05.05.2023.
Low levels of copper reduce the reproductive success of a mobile invertebrate predator (en). Abgerufen am 05.05.2023.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 19.07.2022.

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