Turbellarian taxonomic database
Protoplanellinae Acrochordonoposthia Diagnosis
Protoplanellinae with dermal rhabdites. Adenal rhabdites, when present, only in frontal tracks ("Stäbchenstraßen"). Pharynx rosulatus inclined forwards, barrel shaped and situated in first third of the body. Copulatory organ in the caudal body end, with the gonopore in last third of the body. Cirrus present, at least partly provided with sclerotized warts or spines. Tail glands absent.
[From Houben AM, Proesmans W, Bert W, Artois. T (2014): 38]
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