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Prostoma

genus of worms

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ2854795 ↗
Source-derived summary

Prostoma is a genus of freshwater nemerteans, containing the following species:

Prostoma asensoriatum Montgomery, 1896

Prostoma canadiensis Gibson & Moore, 1978

Prostoma communopore Senz, 1996

Prostoma eilhardi (Montgomery, 1894)

Prostoma graecense (Böhmig, 1892)

Prostoma hercegovinense Tarman, 1961

Prostoma jenningsi Gibson & Young, 1971

Prostoma kolasai Gibson & Moore, 1976

Prostoma ohmiense Chernyshev et al., 1998

Prostoma puteale Beauchamp, 1932

References

External links

J. Norenburg & R. Gibson (2011). Gibson R (ed.). "Prostoma Duges, 1828". World Nemertea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Prostoma” as genus of worms. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Prostoma, genus and worms.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1896, 1978, 1996, 1894—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Prostoma, genus and worms providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Prostoma”, the useful work is to connect “genus of worms” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2854795. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1896, 1978, 1996 and 1894.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Prostoma” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.