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Gandalfia bilunata Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005

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
Gandalfia bilunata Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
Name authority
Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Family
Promesostomidae
Genus
Gandalfia
Extinction status
Recorded extant

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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
  4. subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
  5. orderRhabdocoela Ehrenberg, 1831
  6. suborderDalytyphloplanida Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
  7. infraorderNeotyphloplanida Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
  8. parvorderThalassotyphloplanida Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
  9. familyPromesostomidae Graff, 1882
  10. subfamilyParamesostominae Luther, 1948
  11. genusGandalfia Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005
  12. speciesGandalfia bilunata Willems, Artois, Vermin, Backeljau & Schockaert, 2005

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 1 records assigned to Promesostomidae.

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. Willems, W., Artois, T., Vermin, W., Backeljau, T., & Schockaert, E. (2005). “Typhloplanoida” (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of six new taxa. Journal of Natural History, 39. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930400014239 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:3F8XX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.