Turbellarian taxonomic database

Schizorhynchidae Proschizorhynchella Notes


Schilke (1970) defined this taxon as a subgenus.
Doe (1974), following Evdonin, split it into three groups.
Noldt (1985) declares it paraphyletic.
Karling (1989) declared rank as genus, recognizing it as a paraphyletic complex split out of Proschizorhynchus (whose species have a characteristic sclerotic copulatory structure).

Notes from synonyms

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