Mesacanthion Filipjev, 1927
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.787.1611 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F386403A-8DDA-4BC3-9197-A57E7AA05732 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5837934 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A94222-3A36-FFE9-FDA9-FC64FB034EF3 |
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Felipe |
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Mesacanthion Filipjev, 1927 |
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Genus Mesacanthion Filipjev, 1927
Type species
Mesacanthion lucifer ( Filipjev, 1927) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974
Diagnosis (after Jeong et al. 2019)
Outer labial and cephalic setae situated at middle or anterior end of cephalic capsule. Mandibles welldeveloped, provided with claws, arch-shaped, each consisting of two rod-like columns anteriorly united by a curved bar. Teeth shorter than mandibles. Spicule mostly short, unipartite and symmetrical, sometimes long, bipartite (divided by a seam: M. ditlevseni ( Filipjev, 1927) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974) and asymmetrical (anisomorphic and anisometric: M. diplechma (Southern, 1914) Filipjev, 1927). If long, usually gubernaculum present with caudal apophysis. Marine and freshwater.
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