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Hooge MD, Tyler S (2005) New tools for resolving phylogenies: A systematic revision of the Convolutidae (Acoelomorpha, Acoela). J Systemat Evol Res 43: 100-113 |
Abstract / Notes
Molecular sequence data, morphological characters of spermatozoa, and newly obtained morphological characters of penis musculature are used here to revise the systematics of the family Convolutidae (Acoela). Species having isodiametric penes with non-anastomosing longitudinal muscles are transferred to the family Isodiametridae fam. nov. Species with longitudinal penis muscle fibres that anastomose or cross-over each other remain in the Convolutidae. Some species of the genera Convoluta and Conaperta (Convolutidae) are transferred to the genus Isodiometra gen. nov. (Isodiametridae fam. nov.). The genus Stomatricha (Otocelididae) is transferred to the family Convolutidae. Comoluta opisthandropora (Convolutidae) is transferred to the genus Pseudohaplogonaria (Haploposthiidae). Aphanostoina sanguineum (Convolutidae) is transferred to the genus Pseudactinoposthia (Actinoposthiidae).
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