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Haploposthia rubropunctata Westblad, 1945

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
Haploposthia rubropunctata Westblad, 1945
Name authority
Westblad, 1945
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Xenacoelomorpha
Order
Acoela
Family
Proporidae
Genus
Haploposthia
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumXenacoelomorpha Philippe, Brinkmann, Copley, Moroz, Nakano, Poustka, Wallberg, Peterson & Telford, 2011
  4. subphylumAcoelomorpha Ehlers, 1985
  5. orderAcoela Uljanin, 1870
  6. suborderBursalia Jondelius, Wallberg, Hooge & Raikova, 2011
  7. infraorderCrucimusculata Jondelius, Wallberg, Hooge & Raikova, 2011
  8. familyProporidae Graff, 1882
  9. genusHaploposthia An der Lan, 1936
  10. speciesHaploposthia rubropunctata Westblad, 1945

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Haploposthia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Haploposthia brunea An Der Lan, 1936ProporidaeXenacoelomorphaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Haploposthia microphoca Marcus, 1950ProporidaeXenacoelomorphaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 10 records assigned to Proporidae.

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. Westblad, E. (1945). Studien ueber skandinavische Turbellaria Acoela. III. Ark Zool, 36A. 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:3JP2Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.