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Cycloporus

Cycloporus is a genus of flatworms in the family Euryleptidae.

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Cycloporus
Cycloporus papillosus living specimens, displaying their colouration diversity
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Polycladida
Suborder: Cotylea
Family: Euryleptidae
Genus: Cycloporus
Lang, 188412
Type species
Cycloporus papillosus
(Sars, 1878)2
Species

See Taxonomy

Cycloporus is a genus of flatworms in the family Euryleptidae.32

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Cycloporus:2

  • C. albofasciatus Newman & Cannon, 2002
  • C. atratus Newman & Cannon, 2002
  • C. australis Prudhoe, 1982
  • C. decoratus Pitale & Apte, 2021
  • C. gabriellae Marcus, 1950
  • C. guttatus Newman & Cannon, 2002
  • C. harlequin Newman & Cannon, 2002
  • C. japonicus Kato, 1944
  • C. maculatus Hallez, 1893
  • C. papillosus (Sars, 1878)
  • C. pinkipus Egger & Dittmann, 2023
  • C. reticulatus Newman & Cannon, 2002
  • C. spiritus Newman & Cannon, 2002
  • C. variegatus Kato, 1934
  • C. venetus Newman & Cannon, 2002
  • C. xanthopunctatus Newman & Cannon, 2002
References

References

  1. Lang, Arnold (1884). "Die Polycladen (Seeplanarien) des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Eine Monographie. Fauna Flora Golfes Neapel". Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. 11. Leipzig: W. Engelmann: I–IX + 1–688. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10545. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Retrieved 2025-09-04 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. WoRMS. "Cycloporus Lang, 1884". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  3. Dittmann, Isabel L.; Cuadrado, Daniel; Aguado, Maria Teresa; Noreña, Carolina; Egger, Bernhard (2019-12-01). "Polyclad phylogeny persists to be problematic". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19 (4): 585–608. doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00415-1. hdl:10261/247677. ISSN 1618-1077.