Eumecynostomum papillosum (Faubel 1974) Faubel and Regier, 1983

Faubel, A. & Warwick, R. M., 2005, The marine flora and fauna of the Isles of Scilly: Free-living Plathelminthes (‘ Turbellaria’), Journal of Natural History 39 (1), pp. 1-45 : 13

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930310001613593

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F1587FE-FFEA-A025-FF5F-96B7FC223CF4

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Eumecynostomum papillosum (Faubel 1974) Faubel and Regier, 1983
status

 

Eumecynostomum papillosum (Faubel 1974) Faubel and Regier, 1983 View in CoL

Pseudmecynostomum papillosum Faubel, 1974a: 63–66 View in CoL , Figures 26a, b, 27a, b.

Material examined

Sites 1, 3: abundant, in squash preparation.

Geographical distribution. North Sea: North Frisian Islands (Sylt) ( Faubel 1976 a, 1977).

Remarks

From the type locality of the Island of Sylt, specimens attain maximum length of 1.4 mm when they reach the status of senility after the reproduction period. In comparison, specimens of the population of the Isles of Scilly attained lengths of more than 2.0 mm. The colour of the body became very dirty grey, suffering loss of transparency .

Family SOLENOFILOMORPHIDAE Dörjes, 1968

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Xenacoelomorpha

Class

Acoelomorpha

Order

Acoela

Family

Mecynostomidae

Genus

Eumecynostomum

Loc

Eumecynostomum papillosum (Faubel 1974) Faubel and Regier, 1983

Faubel, A. & Warwick, R. M. 2005
2005
Loc

Pseudmecynostomum papillosum

Faubel A 1974: 66
1974
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