Aphanostoma, ORSTED, 1845

Atherton, Sarah & Jondelius, Ulf, 2022, Phylogenetic assessment and systematic revision of the acoel family Isodiametridae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194, pp. 736-760 : 753

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APHANOSTOMA ØRSTED, 1845 View in CoL

With or without orange pigmented eyespots in the anterior. Rhabdoids present in rows. Frontal glands often prominent. Testes paired. Ovaries paired or unpaired. Male system includes curved, muscular penis invaginated into a muscular seminal vesicle and a distinct male or common atrium. Penis glandular, may have granule secretions or delicate cuticular rods in lumen. Female system includes distinct vagina with one or more well-developed sphincter muscles and walled bursa with cap or sclerotized single nozzle. Bursal cap may have multiple spines. Gonopore common or separate; if separate, female pore may be either anterior or posterior to male pore. Type species: Aphanostoma virescens Ørsted, 1845 .

Marine, free-living, 16 species:

• Aphanostoma virescens Ørsted, 1845

• Aphanostoma actuosus ( Kozloff, 1965) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Aphanostoma album Dörjes, 1968 View in CoL

• Aphanostoma bajaensis ( Hooge & Eppinger, 2005) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Aphanostoma cuernos ( Hooge & Tyler, 2008) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Aphanostoma divae ( Marcus, 1950) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Aphanostoma earnhardti ( Hooge & Smith, 2004) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Aphanostoma erinae ( Hooge & Rocha, 2006) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Aphanostoma finkei ( Kånneby & Jondelius, 2013) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Aphanostoma helgolandica ( Dörjes, 1968) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Aphanostoma kapredi ( Hooge & Tyler, 2003) , comb. nov.