Mecynostomidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acoela
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha Subphylum: Acoelomorpha Classis: Acoela

Familia: Mecynostomidae
Genera (11): Childia – Eumecynostomum – Limnoposthia – Mecynostomum – Neomecynostomum – Paedomecynostomum – Paramecynostomum – Philomecynostomum – Postmecynostomum – Pseudmecynostomum – Stylomecynostomum

Name

Mecynostomidae Dörjes, 1968

Synonyms

• Childiidae Dörjes, 1968 (junior synonym) [syn.: Jondelius et al., 2011]

References

Primary references

• Jondelius, U., Wallberg, A., Hooge, M. & Raikova, O.I. 2011. How the Worm Got its Pharynx: Phylogeny, Classification and Bayesian Assessment of Character Evolution in Acoela. Systematic Biology 60(6): 845–871. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr073 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tekle, Y.I.; Raikova, O.I.; Ahmadzadeh, A.; Jondelius, U. 2005: Revision of the Childiidae (Acoela), a total evidence approach in reconstructing the phylogeny of acoels with reversed muscle layers. Journal of zoological systematics & evolutionary research, 43(1): 72–90.

Links

• Mecynostomidae in the World Register of Marine Species