Ectocotyla hirudo Levinsen, 1879
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
- Ectocotyla hirudo Levinsen, 1879
- Name authority
- Levinsen, 1879
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Order
- Proseriata
- Family
- Monocelididae
- Genus
- Ectocotyla
- 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
- orderProseriata Meixner, 1938
- infraorderLithophora Steinbock, 1925
- familyMonocelididae Hofsten, 1907
- subfamilyMinoninae Karling, 1978
- genusEctocotyla Hyman, 1944
- speciesEctocotyla hirudo Levinsen, 1879
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ectocotyla hirudo (Levinsen, 1879) (Levinsen, 1879) | synonym |
| Ectocotyla paguri Hyman, 1944 Hyman, 1944 | synonym |
| Monocelis hirudo Levinsen, 1879 Levinsen, 1879 | synonym |
| Monotus hirudo (Levinsen, 1879) (Levinsen, 1879) | synonym |
| Coleophora hirudo (Levinsen, 1879) (Levinsen, 1879) | synonym |
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.
- Levinsen, G. M. R. (1879). Bidrag til Kundskab om Grønlands Turbellariefauna. Vidensk. Meddel. Fra Den Naturh. Foren. I. Kjobenhavn 1879-1880, 165–204. With one table. 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:38QCJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.