Turbellarian taxonomic database

Otocelis erinae Notes


Hooge M.D. & Rocha C.E.F. 2006 (citation) - P. 41 "Within the genus Otocelis, O. erinae differs from all other 
described species in having an unpaired ovary. O. erinae is most similar to O. phycophilus Ehlers and Dörjes, 
1979 and O. westbladi Ax, 1959, which also have vaginal sphincters and separate male and female gonopores. In 
contrast to these two species, O. erinae has a slightly curved penis, not a hooked penis, and is without 
ocelli."

Atherton & Jondelius (2021) (citation) found that O. erinae falls within the Isodiametridae, aside Raphidophallus actuosus, in a concatenated 28S-18S-COI gene tree.

Notes for the valid (accepted) taxonomic name

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