Baltalimania, AX, 1959

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 : 754

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BALTALIMANIA AX, 1959 View in CoL

Frontal organ well developed. Rhabdoid glands present in longitudinal rows. Yellow-orange lipid globules often present. Testes paired; ovaries paired or unpaired. Male system includes a muscular seminal vesicle, a muscular penis, a distinct antrum masculinum and a gonopore. Penis distinctly curved, typically relatively large, completely or incompletely invaginated into the seminal vesicle. Antrum masculinum ciliated or unciliated. Gonopore terminal or subterminal. Female bursa absent or, if present, indistinct without walls and without any adornments. Type species: Baltalimania kosswigi Ax, 1959 .

Marine, free-living; nine species:

• Baltalimania kosswigi Ax, 1959 View in CoL

• Baltalimania agile Jensen, 1878 View in CoL

• Baltalimania fontaneti (Kånneby et al., 2015) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Baltalimania histobursalium ( Dörjes, 1968) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Baltalimania macrospiriferum Westblad, 1946 View in CoL

• Baltalimania marcusi ( Hooge & Rocha, 2006) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Baltalimania occulta (Kånneby et al., 2015) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Baltalimania sublittoralis (Kånneby et al., 2015) , comb. nov.

• Baltalimania ylvae (Kånneby et al., 2015) , comb. nov.