Myzostoma

Myzostoma
Myzostoma fuscomaculatum on its host the crinoid Tropiometra carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
(unranked): Protostomia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Myzostomida
Family: Myzostomidae
Genus: Myzostoma
Leuckart, 1829[1]

Myzostoma is a genus of marine worms, which are which are parasitic on crinoids in the family Myzostomidae.[1]

Species

The following species are classified in this genus:[1]

Synonyms

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus Myzostomun is a synonym of this genus:[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129364 accessed 15 September 2013
  2. Lanterbecq D., Hempson T., Griffiths C. Æ Eeckhaut I, 2008. Myzostoma fuscomaculatum (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, South Africa. Hydrobiologia DOI 10.1007/s10750-008-9606-7


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