MALACOLEPADIDAE HIRO, 1937
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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5700715 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C1887BD-FFE3-FFF9-7F98-89EFFB2FF9F3 |
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FAMILY MALACOLEPADIDAE HIRO, 1937
Diagnosis: Parasitic inside bivalves; without shell plates; orifice large; first and second cirri short, and mandibles with six or seven teeth.
Comment: Arcalepas and Malacolepas are found attached to the inside of the shells of the bivalves Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789 and Cucullaea labiata, (Lightfoot, 1786) respectively.
Arcalepas Jones & Morton, 2009 (one species)
Malacolepas Hiro, 1933 (one species)
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MALACOLEPADIDAE HIRO, 1937
| Chan, Benny K. K., Dreyer, Niklas, Gale, Andy S., Glenner, Henrik, Ewers-Saucedo, Christine, Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Kolbasov, Gregory A., Crandall, Keith A. & Høeg, Jens T. 2021 |
Arcalepas
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Malacolepas
| Hiro 1933 |