Typhlopolycystis Karling, 1956

Schockaert, Ernest R., Moons, Patricia, Janssen, Toon, Tessens, Bart S., Reygel, Patrick C., Revis, Nathalie, Jouk, Philippe E. H., Willems, Wim R. & Artois, Tom J., 2019, On the genus Typhlopolycystis Karling, 1956 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae), with data on the five known species and the description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4603 (1), pp. 81-104 : 85

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9539EFE1-7676-4015-946B-9F1A2782AB38
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5697067
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scientific name	Typhlopolycystis Karling, 1956
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Genus Typhlopolycystis Karling, 1956 View in CoL

Type species. Typhlopolycystis coeca Karling, 1956 by original monotypy.

Diagnosis. Typhlopolycystidinae with a gutter-like prostate stylet and a tubiform accessory stylet, proximally attached to each other directly or by a ring, or not at all; accessory secretion reservoir (mostly) present, evacuated by the accessory stylet. With a muscular “seminal receptacle” at the entrance of the oviduct.