Disparoplana dubia Laidlaw, 1903
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
- Disparoplana dubia Laidlaw, 1903
- Name authority
- Laidlaw, 1903
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Order
- Polycladida
- Family
- Planoceridae
- Genus
- Disparoplana
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
- subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
- orderPolycladida Lang, 1884 [viz. Faubel, 1983/1984]
- suborderAcotylea Lang, 1884
- superfamilyStylochoidea Poche, 1926
- familyPlanoceridae Lang, 1884
- genusDisparoplana Laidlaw, 1903
- speciesDisparoplana dubia Laidlaw, 1903
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
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.
- Laidlaw, F. F. (1903). On the marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland in the Years 1901 and 1902. Turbellaria Polycladida. I. The Acotylea. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Businnes of the Zoological Society of London., 2: 99–113 + 1 pl. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1903.tb08273.x 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:36VBX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.