Cotylegaleatidae
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.175724 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6249107 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9878C-120B-FFA2-FF62-FDA75637E28C |
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Plazi |
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Cotylegaleatidae |
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Cotylegaleatidae View in CoL fam. nov.
Diagnosis. Mouth-opening surrounded by hollow cup-shaped structure, head covered by non-retractile shield, distal foot pseudosegment with two toes and two ventro-lateral spurs, vitellarium J-shaped, trophi specialized virgate with two stiletto-shaped epipharyngeal elements.
Description. External morphology bilaterally symmetrical, with small head, large trunk, and long foot with two toes. Mouth opening antero-ventrally in a circular oral field lacking cilia. The oral field is part of a cup-shaped structure. Corona reduced, antero-dorsally from cup-shaped structure. Head covered by stiffened, non-retractile shield. Trunk with shallow lateral sulci. Foot with two toes and two ventro-lateral spurs. Vitellarium tubular, J-shaped. Trophi virgate, with two stiletto-shaped epipharyngeal sclerites.
Type genus. Cotylegaleata gen. nov.
Etymology. The name is derived from the type genus Cotylegaleata gen. nov.
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