Beklemischev VN 1915 (citation)- compares his Achoerus with (this ref availble only in England). Says "a rudimentary bursa seminalis, which however as in Palmenia tvaerminnensi Luther in the Polychoerine has lost its opening to the outside." description of new species and new genus- histology emphasized, p 141-156. Parasite on sea cucumber. Also in French summary, p 157-8. Steinbock O 1932 (citation)- from Arctic- as parasite in Eupyrgus scaber. Westblad E 1940 (citation)- notes epithelial cells being digested in parenchym. this is a parasitic acoel. Westblad E 1948 (citation)- regenerating cells in p 13. Hyman LH 1951 (citation)- vol 2, p 131 notes this is entocommensul in sea cucumber. Dorjes J 1968 (citation)- lists as type- Aechmalotus pyrola Beklemischev VN 1915 (citation). Jennings JB 1971 (citation)- lists p 3 with host, Eupyrgus scaber.
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