Gnesiocerotidae Marcus and Marcus, 1966

Gammoudi, Mehrez, Tekaya, Saïda & Noreña, Carolina, 2009, Contribution to the knowledge of Acotylean Polyclads (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) from Tunisian Coasts, Zootaxa 2195, pp. 43-60 : 44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.275104
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6213977
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scientific name	Gnesiocerotidae Marcus and Marcus, 1966
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Family Gnesiocerotidae Marcus and Marcus, 1966 View in CoL emend. Prudhoe, 1982

Syn.: Gnesioceridae Faubel, 1983

Diagnosis (according to Faubel, 1983): Leptoplanoidea with elongate, slender, or egg-shaped body. Pharynx ruffled, submedian. Gonopores separate. Male copulatory apparatus directed backwards, and enclosed into a massive cirrus bulb; prostatic vesicle interpolated; glandular lining transversely ridged. The cirrus is armed with numerous spines or provided with a sclerotized lining. Usually, the glands of the prostatic vesicle are extravesicular.