Geographic distribution: Iceland, Faroe Islands, European Atlantic Coast, Adriatic, mostly soft bottom less than 200 meters. Specimens: Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation)- Swedish Museum of Natural History, p 183. Steinbock O 1931 (citation)- described as Convoluta macroposthia from Greenland. From Faroes. Steinbock O 1938 (citation)- reports from Iceland. Westblad E 1942 (citation)- definition p 41 and illustration 9C, 14, 17, 21, plate I, 1-3 and notes in genus description as Paraphanostoma macroposthium. Westblad E 1945 (citation)- in comparisons p 11-50, figure 9E and 7G. Westblad E 1946 (citation)- notes presence of ductus spermaticus p 7. Westblad E 1948 (citation)- on structure of muscles; p 36 illustration of copulatory organ in p 38; p 44, 45, 46 female organs, illustration p 49 also; p 48 on short vagina and long penis- but reizorgan occur in ductus seminalis so probably penis penetrates this. Marcus E 1948 (citation)- notes to Paraphanostoma p 116. Marcus E 1950 (citation)- compares this with other species of genus, see p 13, 14, 15 (this species was originally described as Convoluta) 102, 103. Marcus E 1954 (citation)- mentions p 427, 429, 480. Steinbock O 1957 (citation)- in comparison with gastrotrichs p 136. Dorjes J 1968 (citation)- lists as type species, brief description p 320-322, figures 107, 108. Dorjes J 1968 (citation)- ecology of in Germany p 99, 88. Apelt G 1969 (citation)- p 304 and 313 on eggs and early embryology. Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation)- Swedish Museum of Natural History, European Atlantic figure 20 of female parts relative to P. etium and P. westbladi- see figures. Lauckner G 1980 (citation)- notes mesozoa reported in by Westblad E 1942 (citation).
Notes for the valid (accepted) taxonomic name
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