Haswell WA 1905 (citation) - describes a new species and new genus Heterochaerus from beach pools in Australia. Description and illustration p 449-467 and plate 27. Luther A 1912 (citation)- notes Heterochaerus australis Haswell should be in Amphiscolops. Kaburaki T 1922 (citation)- p 14 mentions. Meixner J 1925 (citation)- mentions p 601. Westblad E 1948 (citation)- p 47 thinks this genus should be abolished since it is based on only a number of nozzles and busa- as these increase with age this is not a good character. Marcus E 1947 (citation)- mentions p 161, notes Luther made this Amphiscolops. Marcus E 1950 (citation)- in key for genera p 21. Marcus E 1952 (citation)- says this species has 2 forms of sperm (only one besides his C. thauma, p 17, 104). Dorjes J, Young JO 1973 (citation)- brief description- no illustration. Notes occurence in Africa and Australia. Winsor L 1990 (citation)- reinstates genus Heterochaerus with two species: H. australis Haswell 1905 H. sargassi (Hyman, 1939)
Winsor L 1990 (citation)- Key to "free-living" marine turbellaria of north Queensland, Australia. Also, new
species and taxonomic revisons. Key to free-living acoels for Australia. Species and taxa include:
Waminoa litus
Convolutriloba Henelberg and Akesson 1988
Convolutriloba hastifera
Convolutriloba japonica (Kato 1951)
Convolutriloba cf. retrogemma
Amphiscolops
Amphiscolops australis
Wulguru cuspidata
Heterochaerus sargassi (Hyman 1939)
Heterochaerus australis Haswell 1905
Notes from synonyms
Notes for Amphiscolops australis
Haswell WA 1905 (citation) - describes a new species and new genus Heterochaerus from beach pools in Australia. Description and illustration p 449-467 and plate 27. Luther A 1912 (citation)- notes Heterochaerus australis Haswell should be in Amphiscolops. Kaburaki T 1922 (citation)- p 14 mentions. Meixner J 1925 (citation)- mentions p 601. Westblad E 1948 (citation)- p 47 thinks this genus should be abolished since it is based on only a number of nozzles and busa- as these increase with age this is not a good character. Marcus E 1947 (citation)- mentions p 161, notes Luther made this Amphiscolops. Marcus E 1950 (citation)- in key for genera p 21. Marcus E 1952 (citation)- says this species has 2 forms of sperm (only one besides his C. thauma, p 17, 104). Dorjes J, Young JO 1973 (citation)- brief description- no illustration. Notes occurence in Africa and Australia. Winsor L 1990 (citation)- reinstates genus Heterochaerus with two species: H. australis Haswell 1905 H. sargassi (Hyman, 1939)
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