Family of flatworm-like animals
Convolutidae is a family of acoels , belonging to the phylum Xenacoelomorpha . This family contains more than a third of all known acoel species.[1] [2]
Description Neochildia fusca The family Convolutidae includes acoels with a ventral mouth opening and a body-wall musculature composed both dorsally and ventrally by circular, longitudinal, and longitudinal crossover muscle fibers. The ventral body wall also has a group of U-shaped fibers.[1] Most species are symbionts with algae .[1] The anterior end has a cluster of frontal glands, a pair of eyes and a statocyst. The body has pigmented lens. Intestine and excretory system is absent. It is hermaphrodite but protandry is common.
Taxonomy
Genera There are 25 genera in the family Convolutidae.[3] [4] The type genus is Convoluta .
Achoerus Beklemischev, 1914 Adenopea Antonius, 1968 Amphiscolops Graff, 1904 Antrosagittifera Hooge & Tyler, 2001 Brachypea Antonius, 1968 Conaperta Antonius, 1968 Convoluta Ørsted, 1843 Convolutriloba Hendelberg & Akesson, 1988 Haplodiscus Weldon, 1888 Heterochaerus Haswell, 1905 Neochildia Bush, 1975 Oligochoerus Beklemischev, 1963 Oxyposthia Ivanov, 1952 Pelophila Dörjes, 1968 Philachoerus Dörjes, 1968 Polychoerus Mark, 1892 Praesagittifera Kostenko & Mamkaev, 1990 Pseudanaperus Dörjes, 1968 Pseudoconvoluta Beklemischev, 1929 Sagittifera Kostenko & Mamkaev, 1990 Stomatricha Hooge, 2003 Symsagittifera Kostenko & Mamkaev, 1990 Thalassoanaperus Hernandez, 2018 Waminoa Winsor, 1990 Wulguru Winsor, 1988
Species There are over 100 species recognised in the family Convolutidae:[3]
Achoerus caspius Beklemischev, 1914 Achoerus ferox Beklemischev, 1937 Achoerus pachycaudatus Dörjes, 1968 Adenopea cenata (Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1955) Adenopea chuni (Brauner, 1920) Adenopea illardata Löhner & Micoletzky, 1911 Adenopea illardatus (Lohner & Micoletzky, 1911) Amphiscolops bermudensis Hyman 1939 Amphiscolops castellonensis Steinböck, 1954 Amphiscolops cinereus (Graff, 1874) Amphiscolops evelinae Marcus 1947 Amphiscolops fuligineus Peebles 1913 Amphiscolops gemelliporus Marcus 1954 Amphiscolops gerundensis Steinböck, 1954 Amphiscolops japonicus Kato 1947 Amphiscolops marinelliensis Beltagi & Khafagi, 1984 Amphiscolops mosaicus Kozloff 1998 Amphiscolops potocani Achatz, 2008 Amphiscolops trifurcatus (Beltagi 1983) Amphiscolops zeii Riedl 1956 Antrosagittifera corallina Hooge & Tyler, 2001 Brachypea kenoma Antonius 1968 Conaperta antonii Achatz, Hooge & Tyler, 2007 Conaperta cirrata Achatz, Hooge & Tyler, 2007 Conaperta flavibacillum (Jensen, 1878) Conaperta lineata (Peebles, 1915) Convoluta albomaculata (Pereyaslawzewa, 1892) Convoluta baltica Meixner, 1938 Convoluta bimaculata Graff, 1882 Convoluta bohmigi (Brauner, 1920) Convoluta borealis Sabussow 1900 Convoluta boyeri Bush 1984 Convoluta chiridotae (Beklemischev, 1915) Convoluta confusa Graff 1904 Convoluta convoluta (Abildgaard, 1806) Convoluta enelitta Antonius 1968 Convoluta furugelmi Mamkaev, 1971 Convoluta henseni Böhmig, 1895 Convoluta hipparchia Pereyaslawzewa 1892 Convoluta kikaiensis Yamasu 1982 Convoluta krana Antonius, 1968 Convoluta lacazii Graff 1891 Convoluta lacrimosa Achatz, Hooge & Tyler, 2007 Convoluta marginalis Ivanov 1952 Convoluta maris-alba (Sabussow, 1899) Convoluta marisalbi Sabussov, 1900 Convoluta naviculae Yamasu 1982 Convoluta niphoni Achatz, 2008 Convoluta pelagica Lohner & Micoletzky 1911 Convoluta philippinensis Bush 1984 Convoluta punctata Riedl, 1959 Convoluta pygopora Antonius 1968 Convoluta schmidti Czerniavsky, 1881 Convoluta schuelii Achatz, 2008 Convoluta semperi Graff, 1882 Convoluta sordida Graff 1882 Convoluta thela (Antonius, 1968) Convoluta uljanini Graff, 1904 Convoluta variabilis (Pereyaslawzewa, 1892) Convolutriloba hastifera Winsor, 1990 Convolutriloba longifissura Bartolomaeus & Balzer, 1997 Convolutriloba macropyga Shannon & Achatz, 2007 Convolutriloba retrogemma Hendelberg & Akesson, 1988 Haplodiscus acuminatus Böhmig, 1895 Haplodiscus bocki Dörjes 1970 Haplodiscus incola (Leiper, 1902) Haplodiscus obtusus Böhmig, 1895 Haplodiscus ovatus Böhmig, 1895 Haplodiscus piger Weldon 1888 Haplodiscus ussovi Sabussow, 1896 Haplodiscus weldoni Böhmig, 1895 Heterochaerus australis Haswell 1905 Heterochaerus blumi (Achatz, Hooge & Tyler, 2007) Heterochaerus carvalhoi (Marcus, 1952) Heterochaerus langerhansi (Graff, 1882) Heterochaerus sargassi (Hyman 1939) Neochildia fusca Bush, 1975 Oligochoerus bakuensis Beklemischev 1963 Oligochoerus chlorella Beklemischev 1963 Oligochoerus conops Beklemischev, 1963 Oligochoerus erythrophthalmus Beklemischev 1963 Oligochoerus limnophilus Ax & Doerjes 1966 Oligochoerus melanops Beklemischev 1963 Oligochoerus xanthella Beklemischev 1963 Oxyposthia praedator Ivanov 1952 Pelophila lutheri (Westblad, 1946) Philachoerus johanni Dörjes, 1968 Praesagittifera gracilis (Yamasu, 1982) Praesagittifera naikaiensis (Yamasu, 1982) Praesagittifera shikoki Kostenko & Mamkaev 1990 Sagittifera sagittifera (Ivanov, 1952) Stomatricha hochbergi Hooge, 2003 Thalassoanaperus australis (Westblad, 1952) Thalassoanaperus biaculeatus (Boguta, 1970) Thalassoanaperus gardineri (Graff, 1911) Thalassoanaperus ornatus (Beltagi, 2001) Thalassoanaperus rubellus (Westblad, 1945) Thalassoanaperus singularis (Hooge & Smith, 2004) Thalassoanaperus sulcatus (Beklemischev, 1914) Thalassoanaperus tvaerminnensis (Luther, 1912) Waminoa brickneri Ogunlana, Hooge, Tekle, Benayahu, Barneah & Tyler, 2005 Waminoa litus Winsor 1990 Wulguru cuspidata Winsor 1988
Notes
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