Nomenclature
original description
Bourne, G. C. (1900). Chapter VII, The Ctenophora. In: A treatise on zoology. Part II, The Porifera and Coelenterata. Adam & Charles Black. 1-25.
page(s): 22; note: Described as Platyctenea [details] 
original description
(of Archiplanoidea) Willey, A. (1896). On Ctenoplana. <em>Journal of Cell Science 2(155): 323-342, pl. 21.</em>
page(s): 341 [details] 
original description
(of Platyctenea) Bourne, G. C. (1900). Chapter VII, The Ctenophora. In: A treatise on zoology. Part II, The Porifera and Coelenterata. Adam & Charles Black. 1-25.
page(s): 22; note: Original spelling; Platyctenida is derived from this [details] 
basis of record
Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Introduced as Platyctenea, a name in alternate use [details]