Anokkostenostomum, Noreña & Damborenea & Brusa, 2005

Noreña, Carolina, Damborenea, Cristina & Brusa, Francisco, 2005, A taxonomic revision of South American species of the genus Stenostomum O. Schmidt (Platyhelminthes: Catenulida) based on morphological characters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (1), pp. 37-58 : 41

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00157.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5113592

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C6887DA-307E-C47C-FF91-A014D799AC6A

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scientific name

Anokkostenostomum
status

gen. nov.

Genus Anokkostenostomum View in CoL gen. nov.

Diagnosis: Stenostomidae without light-refracting bodies. Developed anterior brain lobe with ‘metamerically’ arranged ganglia. Posterior brain lobe simple, or poorly developed. Ciliated pits present, associated with the anterior brain lobe. Pharyngeal glands generally arranged homogeneously along the whole of the pharynx. Epithelial rhabdites present. Sensory cilia or bristles present. Excretophores present. Asexual reproduction by paratomy.

Type species: Anokkostenostomum anatirostrum (Marcus, 1945) View in CoL comb. nov.

Distribution: Brazil, Surinam, Kenya, England, Finland, France, Poland, Italy, USA.

Valid species: See below for South American species and Table 1 View Table 1 for species recorded only in other world regions.

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