Stylomecynostomum, Hooge, Matthew D. & Tyler, Seth, 2003

Hooge, Matthew D. & Tyler, Seth, 2003, Two new acoels (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) from the central coast of California, Zootaxa 131, pp. 1-14 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.157080
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274963
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5130080E-FFD2-FF8D-FEAE-F559B9ACFCD3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Stylomecynostomum
status	gen. nov.

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Genus Stylomecynostomum View in CoL gen. nov.

Diagnosis. Mecynostomidae with filamentous penis needles in brushlike arrangement. Male copulatory organ globular; with duct surrounded by lamellar glandular cells. Seminal bursa present. Bursal nozzle absent.

Type species. Stylomecynostomum bodegensis sp. nov.

Etymology. Name refers to the presence of penis needles in the copulatory organ

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Xenacoelomorpha
Class	Acoelomorpha
Order	Acoela
Family	Mecynostomidae

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