Bush L 1975 (citation)- description and life history, illustration, type species. [Note: Bush slides of this species and notes on these slides are available at the Univeristy of Maine, Orono, Maine (USA)] Henley C 1974 (citation)- her material on Childia is on this species - see p 289 on egg, etc., also on sperm p 289 etc., p 299 on ultrastructure. p 303- refers to Silveira on granules Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation)- Swedish Museum of Natural History- from Rowley, Massachusetts. Kinne O 1977 (citation)- says Boyer BC 1971 (citation) Childia groenlandica raised in culture [Bush: this is Neochildia fusca]. Dean HK 1977 (citation)- refers to p 265. Tyler S 1979 (citation)- used in E.M work. Watzin MC 1983 (citation)- notes it is dominant in meiofauna in Bogue Sound, North Carolina (USA), effects on community. Watzin MC 1984 (citation)- on egg laying in. Watzin MC 1985 (citation)- behavior of and feeding. Watzin MC 1986 (citation)- on effect of this species on settling of larvae and sediments.
Ramachandra NB, Gates RD, Ladurner P, Jacobs DK, Hartenstein V. 2002. (citation)- "In this paper, we analyze early neural development in this species and report the sequence and expression of two Pit-Oct-Unc (POU) genes, NeocBrn-1 and NeocBrn-3. Homologs of these highly conserved genes play a role in neural fate determination in vertebrates, Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans. Acoels, including Neochildia, have a unique invariant pattern of early cleavage called duet spiral cleavage." Also, "insights into the interpretation of the evolution of metazoan neural architecture."
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.
Lee SE, Gates RD, Jacobs DK 2002 (citation)- Gene isolation information on various phyla including these
species
of turbellarians:
Notoplana acticola PAIRED-type, HOX
Stylochus tripartitus PAIRED-type
Neochildia fusca HOX
Henry JQ, Martindale MQ, Boyer BC 2000 (citation)- "The unique developmental program of the acoel flatworm, Neochildia fusca."
Bush L 1975 (citation)- Habitat: "Mud or sandy mud at depths to 10 m all year; in summer it appears intertidally in brown, orange, or purple surface build-up on sand or sandy mud along salt marsh streams; in salinities from 2.2 to 35 ppt."
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