Xenoturbella bocki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenoturbellida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha Subphylum: Xenoturbellida

Familia: Xenoturbellidae
Genus: Xenoturbella
Species: Xenoturbella bocki

Name

• Xenoturbella bocki Westblad, 1949
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Israelsson (1999: 835)
    • Repository: SWMNH, as 'SMNH 4987'
  • Type locality: “off Skår, Gullmarsfjorden, Bohuslän, Sweden, from soft mud at 70-80 m”

Synonyms

• Xenoturbella westbladi Israelsson, 1999: 839
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original genus: Xenoturbella Westblad, 1949
  • Original status: valid species
  • Current status: synonym of X. bocki
    • Authority for placement: Rouse et al. (2016: 95)
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Repository: SWMNH, as 'SMNH 5008'
  • Type locality: “south of Sydhällsö Island, Koster area, Bohuslän, Sweden at 60-70 m depths in soft mud”

References

Primary references

• Westblad, E. 1949. Xenoturbella bocki n. g., n. sp., a peculiar primitive turbellarian type. Arkiv för zoologi 3: 11–29. [not seen]
• Israelsson, O. 1999. New light on the enigmatic Xenoturbella (phylum uncertain): ontogeny and phylogeny. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 266(1421): 835–845. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0713 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Rouse, G.W., Wilson, N.G., Carvajal, J.I. & Vrijenhoek, R.C. 2016. New deep-sea species of Xenoturbella and the position of Xenacoelomorpha. Nature 530(7588): 94–97. DOI: 10.1038/nature16545 Reference page. 

Links

• Xenoturbella bocki in the World Register of Marine Species