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Anatomy and evolution in Cylindrostomidae (Plathelminthes, Prolecithophora)
Author(s) -
KARLING TOR G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1993.tb00362.x
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , anatomy , evolutionary biology
The following species of Cylindrostomidae are redescribed: Cylindrostoma lutheri Westblad, 1955, C. micropharynx Westblad, 1952, Monoophorum tubiferum Westblad, 1955, M. stiliferum Westblad, 1955 (transferred to Einarhelmins gen. n.), Allostoma crassicystiferurn (Westblad, 1952), A. uterinum (Westblad, 1955), and Euxinia baltica Meixner, 1938. Three new species are described: Cylindrostoma paralutheri, Allostoma neostiliferum and A. hopkinsi. A review is given on anatomy and evolutionary trends in Cylindrostomidae.