Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Derostoma notops Dugès, 1828, Gyrator banaticus (Graff, 1875) Jensen, 1878, Gyrator furiosus (Schmidt, 1858) Diesing, 1862, Gyrator hermaphroditus (Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, 1835, Gyrator notops (Duges, 1828) Hallez, 1894, Gyratrix albus Silliman, 1884, Gyratrix arenarius Evdonin, 1971, Gyratrix hermaphrodita, Gyratrix notops, Prostoma lineare Örsted, 1843, Prostoma lineare Schmidt, 1848, Prostomum banaticum Graff, 1875, Prostomum furiosum Schmidt, 1858, Prostomum lineare (Örsted, 1843) Schultze, 1851, Turbella notops (Dugès, 1828) Diesing, 1862 (Horton et al., 2021); Localities Santa Cruz: Playa Borrero. Santa Cruz: Bahia Borrero, Santa Cruz: Bahia Academy: northern, Bahia Tortuga, Barrington (Artois & Schockaert, 2001)

Origin: Native

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• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.