Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Xenacoelomorpha > Subphylum Xenoturbellida > Family Xenoturbellidae

Xenoturbella Westblad, 1949

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

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Xenoturbella bocki (Westblad, 1949)
Xenoturbella westbladi (Israelsson, 1999)

Swedish: bockadjuret

original description	Westblad E. (1949). Xenoturbella bocki n.g., n.sp., a peculiar, primitive Turbellarian type. Arkiv för Zoologi 1: 3-29
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus
additional source	Israelsson O. (1999). New light on the enigmatic Xenoturbella (phylum uncertain): ontogeny and phylogeny. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) 266B: 835-841
additional source	Nielsen C. 2010. After all: Xenoturbella is an acoelomorph!. Evolution & Development 12: 241–243
status source	Bourlat S.J., Juliusdottir T., Lowe C.J., Freeman R., Aronowicz J., Kirschner M., Lander E.S., Thorndyke M., Nakano H., Kohn A.B., Heyland A., Moroz L.L., Copley R.R. & Telford M.J., 2006. Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida. Nature 444: 85-88

Gofas, S. (2014). Xenoturbella Westblad, 1949. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138665