Turbellarian taxonomic database

Symsagittifera poenicea Notes


Gschwentner R, Baric S, Rieger R 2002 (citation)- New species and description of Symsagittifera corsicae; study
of formation and function of sagittosysts; body-wall musculature, morphological features and 18S rDNA
sequencing.  Discusses other species including: Symsagittifera sagittifera, Symsagittifera bifoveolata,
Praesagittifera shikoki, Convolutriloba longifissura, Symsagittifera poenicea.  

Kozloff EN 1998 (citation)-  "Three new species of acoel flatworms found in the Punic Ports at Salammbo, Tunisia
are described. These are Amphiscolops mosaicus (Convolutidae), Symsagittifera poenicea (Sagittiferidae), and
Paramecynostomum carchedonium (Mecynostomidae). Otocelis rubropunctata (Otocelididae), abundant in the Punic
Ports, is also characterized."

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