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

Mecynostomum Beneden E., 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mecynostomum caudatum (Uljanin, 1870)
Mecynostomum haplovarium Dörjes, 1968
Mecynostomum predatum Faubel, 1976

Literature

original description	Beneden, E. van. (1870). Etude zoologique et anatomique du genre Macrostomum et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. 30:116-133 + l plate.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mecynostomum Beneden E., 1870. 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:142171