Macellomenia Simroth, 1893
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2014.961987 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C7536D-FFFB-FFC7-FE02-FF6FFD682DE1 |
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Carolina |
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Macellomenia Simroth, 1893 |
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Genus Macellomenia Simroth, 1893 View in CoL
Type species: Paramenia palifera Pruvot, 1890 designated by Salvini-Plawen, 1978.
Diagnosis
Pholidoskepia with distinct, nail-shaped sclerites. Common atrio-buccal opening or mouth separate from atrium (vestibulum). Ventrolateral foregut glands type A (muscular ducts with extraepithelial glandular cells). Secondary genital opening unpaired. With seminal receptacles. No copulatory stylets. Abdominal spicules present or absent.
Distribution
European Atlantic Ocean, European Mediterranean Sea; the new species described herein from the American north-east Pacific.
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