Turbellarian taxonomic database

Amphiscolops sp. Notes


Steinbock O 1938 (citation)- illustration on uncertain species- description.
Steinbock O 1955 (citation)- work on regeneration in specimens- all immature so species
	uncertain- calls two forms castellonensis and gerundensis.
	
Steinbock O 1963 (citation)- more discussion of above.
Steinbock O 1966 (citation)-  did regeneration work on a species he is not sure of p 60 was 
	immature- suggest 2 varieties castellonensis and gerundensis.  p 96 .  Also many general
	mentions throughout article.
	
Yamasu T, Okazaki A 1987 (citation)- in Ryuku Islands species 1,2,3,4,5- brief description.

Hooge MD, Haye P, Tyler S, Litvaitis MK, Kornfield I  2002 (citation)- Phylogenetic relationships using 18S
rDNA, and morphological characters of sperm and body-wall musculature.

Katayama T, Yamamoto M, Wada H, Satoh N 1993 (citation)- Phylogeny of Acoels "inferred from partial 18S rDNA
sequences".  Species used in analysis: Convoluta naikaiensis Yamasu 1982, Amphiscolops sp. Yamasu,
Notoplana
koreana Kato 1937, Planocera multitentaculata Kato 1944, Stylochus orientalis Bock 1913, Pseudostylochus
obscurus (Stimpson 1857), Stylochoplana pusilla Bock 1924, Thysanozoon brocchii (Risso 1818),
Dendrocoelopsis
lactea Ichikawa & Okugawa 1958 and Dugesia japonica Ichikawa & Kawakatsu, 1964.

Yamasu T 1991 (citation)-  "structure and function of ocelli and sagittocysts" in Acoels.  Electron microscopy
of structures.  Species used in study were: Praesagittifera naikaiensis, Praesagittifera gracilis,
Symsagittifera nitidae, Convoluta naviculae, Convoluta sp., Convoluta kikaiensis, Praesagittifera shikoki,
Amphiscolops langerhansi, Amphiscolops sp., Pseudaphanostoma sp.  

Douglas AE 1992 (citation)- "Algal symbioses in acoel Turbellaria: factors determining the identity of the
algal
symbionts."  Species of turbellaria include: Convoluta convoluta, Symsagittifera roscoffensis, Amphiscolops
sp.

Trench & Winsor, 1987 (citation) on species from "flatworm lake" near Malakal and its symbiosis with Amphidinium sp.

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