Pseudaphanostoma, WESTBLAD, 1946

Atherton, Sarah & Jondelius, Ulf, 2022, Phylogenetic assessment and systematic revision of the acoel family Isodiametridae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194, pp. 736-760 : 755-756

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PSEUDAPHANOSTOMA WESTBLAD, 1946 View in CoL

Frontal organ present. Rhabdoids small and in longitudinal rows. Ovaries and testes paired or unpaired. Male system consists of a straight, eversible penis fully invaginated into a muscular seminal vesicle and a distinct, ciliated antrum masculinum. The seminal vesicle attaches directly to the antrum masculinum. False seminal vesicle present or absent. Male genital opening usually terminal or subterminal. Female accessory organs absent. Type species: Pseudaphanostoma variabilis Westblad, 1946 .

Marine, free-lining; eight species:

• Pseudaphanostoma variabilis Westblad, 1946 View in CoL

• Pseudaphanostoma brevicaudatum Dörjes, 1968 View in CoL

• Pseudaphanostoma divae Marcus, 1952 View in CoL • Pseudaphanostoma herringi Hooge & Rocha, 2006 View in CoL

• Pseudaphanostoma murmanicus ( Mamkaev, 1967) Dörjes, 1968 View in CoL

• Pseudaphanostoma pelophilum Dörjes, 1968 View in CoL

• Pseudaphanostoma psmmophilum Dörjes, 1968

• Pseudaphanostoma smithri Hooge & Tyler, 2003