Macrostomidae

Macrostomidae
An adult Antromacrostomum armatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
(unranked): Macrostomida
Family: Macrostomidae
Genera

Antromacrostomum
Archimacrostomum
Axia
Bradburia
Bradynectes
Dunwichia
Inframacrostomum
Macrostomum
Myozona
Omalostomum
Promacrostomum
Protomacrostomum
Psammomacrostomum
Siccomacrostomum

The Macrostomidae[1] are a family of small basal free-living flatworms (Macrostomida, Turbellaria, Platyhelminthes), and members of the marine, brackish, freshwater meiobenthos.[1] There are currently about 180 named species in this family.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 van Beneden, E. 1870. Étude zoologique et anatomique du genre Macrostomum comprenant la description de deux especes nouvelles. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 30:116-133, one plate.
  2. Tyler, S., Schilling, S., Hooge, M., and Bush L. F. (comp.) (2006-2009) Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.5 http://turbellaria.umaine.edu/turb2.php?action=1&code=2776

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