Faerlea, WESTBLAD, 1945
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GENUS FAERLEA WESTBLAD, 1945
Unpigmented and often glassy in appearance. Parenchyma heavily vacuolated. Frontal glands well developed. Rhabdoids absent. Testes and ovaries paired. Male system includes a round seminal vesicle, a small muscular penis and a short antrum masculinum. Copulatory bursa, if present, is small, difficult to discern in live animals and includes a ventrofrontally directed cellular appendage. Gonopore(s) separate or male only. Type species: Faerlea fragilis Westblad, 1945 .
Marine, free-living or parasitic; seven species:
• Faerlea fragilis Westblad, 1945
• Faerlea echinocardii Dörjes, 1972
• Faerlea glomerata Westblad, 1945
• Faerlea primitiva ( Dörjes, 1968) , comb. nov.
• Faerlea assembli sp. nov.
• Faerlea tyleri sp. nov.
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Faerlea
Atherton, Sarah & Jondelius, Ulf 2022 |
Faerlea primitiva ( Dörjes, 1968 )
Atherton & Jondelius 2022 |
Faerlea assembli
Atherton & Jondelius 2022 |
Faerlea echinocardii Dörjes, 1972
Dorjes 1972 |
Faerlea antora
Marcus 1952 |
Faerlea fragilis
Westblad 1945 |
Faerlea glomerata
Westblad 1945 |