Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Acoela > Suborder Bursalia > Infraorder Crucimusculata > Superfamily Aberrantospermata

Mecynostomidae Dörjes, 1968

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Childiidae Dörjes, 1968 synonym

Children

Childia Graff, 1910
Eumecynostomum Faubel & Regier, 1983
Faerlea Westblad, 1945
Mecynostomum Beneden E., 1870
Mecynostomum Schultze, 1850
Neomecynostomum Faubel & Regier, 1983
Paedomecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
Paramecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
Pelochildia Faubel & Warwick, 2005
Philomecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
Postaphanostoma Dörjes, 1968
Postmecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
Pseudmecynostomum Dörjes, 1968

Literature

original description

Dörjes, J. (1968). Die Acoela (Turbellaria) der Deutschen Nordseekuste und ein neues system der ordnung. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung. 6: 56-452.

basis of record

Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 123-136

additional source

Schockaert, E. R.; Jouk, P. E. H.; Martens, P. M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas. In: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium Invertebrates of Belgium. pp. 19-25.

Genbank

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Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mecynostomidae Dörjes, 1968. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142038

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Mecynostomidae Dörjes, 1968. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cad35599-b3d2-4473-a14c-45006ecf869c

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142038
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Last modified

2010-06-15 by Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen & by Seth Tyler

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