Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Xenacoelomorpha > Subphylum Acoelomorpha

Acoela

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Actinoposthiidae Hooge, 2001
Anaperidae Dörjes, 1968
Antigonariidae Dörjes, 1968
Antroposthiidae Faubel, 1976
Childiidae Dörjes, 1968
Convolutidae
Convolutidae Graff, 1905
Diopisthoporidae Westblad, 1940
Hallangiidae Westblad, 1946
Haploposthiidae Westblad, 1948
Hofsteniidae Bock, 1923
Isodiametridae Hooge & Tyler, 2005
Mecynostomidae
Mecynostomidae Dörjes, 1968
Nadinidae Dörjes, 1968
Otocelididae Westblad, 1948
Paratomellidae Dörjes, 1966
Proporidae Graff, 1882
Sagittiferidae Kostenko & Mamkaev, 1990
Solenofilomorphidae Dörjes, 1968
Taurididae Kostenko, 1989

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: ädelstensmaskar

Literature

basis of record	Schockaert, E.R.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Martens, P.M. (1989). Free-living Plathelminthes from the Belgian coast and adjacent areas, in: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". pp. 19-25
additional source	Jouk, P.; Schockaert, E. (2002). Species composition and diversity of free-living Plathelminthes (Turbellaria) from sandy beaches at the Belgian coast. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 72(Suppl.): 35-41.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Acoela. In: Tyler, Seth; Artois Tom World list of Acoelomorpha. 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:2847

Dr. Carolina Noreña Janssen. Acoela. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=14227