Turbellarian taxonomic database

Paraphanostoma crassum Notes

Geographic distribution: European Coast from Trondheim to Irish Sea- soft bottom 10-130 meters.
Specimens: Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation)- Swedish Museum of Natural History, p 183.

Westblad E 1942 (citation)- description p 44, and figures 12, 13, 14 Plate II 6-8.
Westblad E 1948 (citation)- notes yellow granules in epicytium; p 23 on brain in; p 36 illustration of
	copulatory organs in also, p 38; p 44-45 female reproductive organ; p 49 on ? role of bursa.
	In general discussion p 23, 36, 38, 49, figure 9C, 7B.
	
Marcus E 1950 (citation)- compares his species westbladi with this.
Westblad E 1954 (citation)- lists this from Norway on Amphiura Syndosyma bottom at 42-45 m.  Occurence
	as Scandinavian west coast and Scotland and England.

Marcus E 1954 (citation)- mentions p 427.
Dorjes J 1968 (citation)- lists.
Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation)- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Atlantic Coast of Europe,
	figures 14 and 16 of bursa and figure 15 of penis.  remarks p 183.

Lauckner G 1980 (citation)- notes Westblad E 1952 (citation) reported unidentified acoels parasitized
	this species- p 292.
Reuter M, Raikova OI, Gustafsson MKS 2001 (citation)- Phylogeny, neurons, muscles. Acoela and Nemertodermatida studies of neuroanatomy. Species used include: Catenulida Stenostomum leucops Duges 1828 Macrostomida Macrostomum lineare Muller 1774 Acoela Anaperus biaculeatus Boguta 1970 Childia groenlandica Levinsen 1879 Faerla glomerata Westblad 1942 Paraphanostomum crassum Westblad 1942 Avagina incola Leiper 1902 Nemertodermatida Nemertoderma westbladi Steinbock 1938 Mera stichopi Westblad 1949
Reuter M, Raikova OI, Jondelius U, Gustafsson MKS, Maule AG, Halton DW 2001 (citation)- Immunocytochemical study of Faerlea glomerata, Avagina incola, and Paraphanostoma crassum to look at the organization of the Acoela nervous system.

Notes for the valid (accepted) taxonomic name

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