Turbellarian taxonomic database

Praesagittifera shikoki Notes


Gschwentner R, Baric S, Rieger R 2002 (citation)- New species and description of Symsagittifera corsicae; study
of formation and function of sagittosysts; body-wall musculature, morphological features and 18S rDNA
sequencing.  Discusses other species including: Symsagittifera sagittifera, Symsagittifera bifoveolata,
Praesagittifera shikoki, Convolutriloba longifissura, Symsagittifera poenicea.  

Yamasu T 1991 (citation)-  "structure and function of ocelli and sagittocysts" in Acoels.  Electron microscopy
of structures.  Species used in study were: Praesagittifera naikaiensis, Praesagittifera gracilis,
Symsagittifera nitidae, Convoluta naviculae, Convoluta sp., Convoluta kikaiensis, Praesagittifera shikoki,
Amphiscolops langerhansi, Amphiscolops sp., Pseudaphanostoma sp.  

Kostenko & Mamkaev 1990 (citation) Numerous specimens of this species were collected 08/25/1982 in a harbor near
river Matsujama at the Shikoku Island (Japan) from silted sand at the depth of 30-60 cm.
Holotype (a series of sagittal sections # T-88) is deposited in the collection of the Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, USSR. 

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