Klauser MD, Smith JPS, Tyler S 1986 (citation)- Electron microscopy on frontal organ. Smith JPS, Bush L 1991 (citation)- New species description. East coast of North America. Pfistermuller R, Tyler S 2002 (citation)- Correlation of fluorescence and electron microscopy in sensory cells.
Hooge MD, Haye P, Tyler S, Litvaitis MK, Kornfield I 2002 (citation)- Phylogenetic relationships using 18S rDNA, and morphological characters of sperm and body-wall musculature.
Pfistermüller R, Tyler S 2002 (citation)- Correlation of fluorescence and electron microscopy of F-actin-containing sensory cells in the epidermis of Convoluta pulchra. Phalloidin staining. Confocal scanning laser microscopy. Epidermal cells, microvilli, and sensory receptors within cilium.
Carranza S, Baguna J, Riutort M 1997 (citation)- Using 18S rDNA sequences to look at the phylogeny of Platyhelminthes. Species of Turbellaria used include the following: Crenobia alpina, Dendrocoelum lacteum, Monocelis lineata, Archiloa rivularis, Geocentrophora sp., Mesocastrada sp., Nemertinoides elongatus, Urastoma sp., Macrostomum tuba, Microstomum lineare, Discocelis tigrina, Planocera multitentaculata, Stenostomum leucops, Convoluta pulchra, Convoluta naikaiensis. New sequences reported for many of these species.
Litvaitis, MK, Nunn G, Thomas WK, Kocher TD 1994 (citation)- Molecular approach to identification of turbellarians. Use of "nucleotide sequence of a portion of the large subunit of the ribosomal RNA (26/28S rRNA)". Species used in the analysis were: Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala, Pseudomonocelis cetinae, Monocelis lineata, Monocelis longiceps, Otoplanid (no described), Microstomum sp, Pseudostomum sp., Convoluta pulchra, Neochildia fusca, Paratomella rubra.
Chandler RM, Thomas MB, Smith JPS III 1992 (citation)- "role of shell granules and accessory cells in eggshell formation in Convoluta pulchra". Phylogenetic implications.
Smith JPS, Tyler S 1986 (citation)- Significance of frontal organs in Acoelomorpha. Electron microscopy.
Ultrastructure and phylogeny discussed. Illustrations and sections. The following taxa were looked
considered:
Paratomellidae
Hesiolicium inops
Paratomella sp.
Diopisthoporidae
Diopisthoporus 'gymnopharyngeus'
Otocelidae
Otocelis sp.
Mecynostomidae
Paedomecynostomum sp.
Convolutidae
Convoluta 'pulchra'
Solenofilomorphidae
Solenofilomorpha funilis
Nemertodermatida
Flagellophora cf apelti
Klauser MD, Smith JPS, Tyler S 1986 (citation)- Ultrastructure of frontal organ in Convolua 'pulchra', Macrostomum hystricinum marinum, Macrostomum sp III.
Smith JPS, Tyler S 1985 (citation)- "The acoel turbellarians: kingpins of metazoan evolution or a specialized
offshoot?" Look at ultrastructural characters (body wall, parenchyma, digestive tract). "....it appears
that acoels are derived, and cannot logically be fitted into any of the current theories of interphyletic
relationships, either as models of primitiveness or as reduced coelomates. Instead, the Nemertodermatida,
sister group to the Acoela, and the Catenulida appear more primitive, and consideration of these groups for
phylogenetic schemes is more likely to bear fruit." Species of Acoela include:
Diopisthoporus cf. longitubus
Diopisthoporus sp. (= Diopisthoporus gymnopharyngeus Smith JPS, Tyler S 1985 (citation))
Hesiolicium inops
Convoluta convoluta
Convoluta sp. nov. (= Convoluta pulchra Smith JPS, Bush L 1991 (citation))
Oxyposthia praedator
Oligochoerus limnophilus
Paedomecynostomum sp.
Paramecynostomum diversicolor
Anaperus biaculeatus
Anaperus sp.
Kuma sp.
Philactinoposthia sp.
Otocelis luteola
Notes for the valid (accepted) taxonomic name
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