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
Smith JPS, Tyler S 1985 (citation)- "Fine-structure and evolutionary implications of the frontal organ in Turbellaria Acoela. 1. Diopisthoporus gymnopharyngeus". New species.
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
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