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Curtisia stagnalis Nurse, 1950

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Curtisia stagnalis Nurse, 1950
Name authority
Nurse, 1950
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Tricladida
Family
Dugesiidae
Genus
Curtisia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
  4. subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
  5. orderTricladida Lang, 1884
  6. suborderContinenticola Carranza, Littlewood, Clough, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguna & Riutort, 1998
  7. superfamilyGeoplanoidea Stimpson, 1857
  8. familyDugesiidae Ball, 1974
  9. genusCurtisia Graff, 1916
  10. speciesCurtisia stagnalis Nurse, 1950

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 64 records assigned to Dugesiidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=482019 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:32KV8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.