Convolutidae
| Convolutidae | |
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| Flatworm-like Waminoa sp. on Plerogyra sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Xenacoelomorpha |
| Class: | Acoela |
| Order: | not assigned |
| Family: | Convolutidae |
| Genera | |
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Amphiscolops | |
Convolutidae is a family of Acoela. It contains more than a third of all known acoel species.[1]
Systematics
Currently the family contains 13 genera, the type genus being Convoluta.[2]
The genus Waminoa appears, according to recent studies also belong to the family, or is at least closely related.[3]
Characteristics
The family Convolutidae includes acoels with a ventral mouth opening and a body-wall musculature composed both dorsally and ventrally by circular, longitudinal, and longitudinal crossover muscle fibers. The ventral body wall also has a group of U-shaped fibers.[1]
Most species are symbionts with algae.[1]
Species
AmphiscolopsContains the following species:
BrachypeaContains the following species:
ConapertaContains the following species:
ConvolutaContains the following species:
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HaplodiscusContains the following species:
HeterochaerusContains the following species:
Neochildia Neochildia fusca Contains the following species:
OligochoerusContains the following species:
OxyposthiaContains the following species:
PicolaContains the following species:
PolychoerusContains the following species:
PraesagittiferaContains the following species:
StomatrichaContains the following species:
WaminoaContains the following species:
WulguruContains the following species:
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References
- 1 2 3 Hooge, M. D.; Tyler, S. (2005). "New tools for resolving phylogenies: a systematic revision of the Convolutidae (Acoelomorpha, Acoela)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 43 (2): 100–113. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00301.x. ISSN 0947-5745.
- ↑ Turbellarian taxonomic database, 2006.
- ↑ Ogunlana, M. V.; Hooge, M. D.; Tekle, Y. I.; Benayahu, Y.; Barneah, O.; Tyler, Seth (2005). "Waminoa brickneri n. sp. (Acoela: Acoelomorpha) associated with corals in the Red Sea". Zootaxa. 1008: 1–11.