Praeconvoluta, DORJES, 1968

Atherton, Sarah & Jondelius, Ulf, 2022, Phylogenetic assessment and systematic revision of the acoel family Isodiametridae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194, pp. 736-760 : 755

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PRAECONVOLUTA DÖRJES, 1968 View in CoL

Rhabdoids absent or sparsely present and small, scattered or in longitudinal rows. Frontal organ present. Testes paired. Ovary single or paired. Male system includes a muscular penis capped with a prostatic vesicle and invaginated into a muscular seminal vesicle. Female system includes a bursa with distinctly thick walls. Bursal appendage may be absent or present; if present may be a distinct nozzle or a cellular cap with or without one or more spots of concentrated actin. Vagina typically present without a well-developed sphincter. Sphincter always absent or weak. Gonopore common or male only, ventral. Type species: Praeconvoluta karinae Dörjes, 1968 .

Marine, free-living; 17 species:

• Praeconvoluta karinae Dörjes, 1968 View in CoL

• Praeconvoluta bocasensis Hooge & Tyler, 2008 View in CoL

• Praeconvoluta bruscai ( Hooge & Tyler, 2003) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Praeconvoluta castinea Hooge & Tyler, 2003 View in CoL

• Praeconvoluta collinae ( Hooge & Tyler, 2008) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Praeconvoluta colorata ( Ehlers & Dörjes, 1979) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Praeconvoluta hortulous ( Hooge & Tyler, 2003) , comb. nov.

• Praeconvoluta marginalis ( Ivanov, 1952) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Praeconvoluta minor Faubel, 1974 View in CoL

• Praeconvoluta norvegica ( Westblad, 1946) View in CoL , comb. nov.

• Praeconvoluta piscae ( Zauchner et al., 2015) , comb. nov.