Gieysztoria quadridens (Böhmig, 1898) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939
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
- Gieysztoria quadridens (Böhmig, 1898) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939
- Name authority
- (Böhmig, 1898) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Order
- Rhabdocoela
- Family
- Dalyelliidae
- Genus
- Gieysztoria
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · 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
- orderRhabdocoela Ehrenberg, 1831
- suborderDalytyphloplanida Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
- infraorderNeotyphloplanida Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
- parvorderLimnotyphloplanida Van Steenkiste, Tessens, Willems, Backeljau, Jondelius & Artois, 2013
- familyDalyelliidae Graff, 1905
- genusGieysztoria Ruebush & Hayes, 1939
- speciesGieysztoria quadridens (Böhmig, 1898) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gieysztoria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gieysztoria (Marcusiella) okugawai (Ruebush & Hayes, 1939) Marcus, 1946 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria ashokae Van Steenkiste, Van Mulken & Artois, 2012 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria bellis Marcus, 1946 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria billabongensis Jondelius, 1997 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria chlynovica (Nasonov, 1919) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria choctaw Van Steenkiste, Gobert & Artois, 2011 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria donnae Young, 1977 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria oligocentra (Steinböck, 1948) Luther, 1955 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria ornata (Hofsten, 1907) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria pisana Kolasa, 1981 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria pseudoblodgetti Luther, 1955 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gieysztoria pseudodiadema Norena-Janssen, 1995 | DalyelliidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Vortex quadridens Böhmig, 1898 Böhmig, 1898 | synonym |
| Microdalyellia (Gieysztoria) quadridens (Böhmig, 1898) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939 (Böhmig, 1898) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939 | synonym |
| Dalyellia quadridens (Böhmig, 1897) Graff, 1913 (Böhmig, 1897) Graff, 1913 | 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.
- Ruebush, T. K.; Hayes, W. J. Jr. (1939). The genus Dalyellia in America II. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 128: 136–152. 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:3FZVD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.