Prosthiostomidae Lang, 1884
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5024.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:81B95F8A-43CD-4273-8F25-5AC5405AC1C9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10539781 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C7E87ED-F14D-261F-69EC-2EB5FC515B98 |
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Plazi |
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Prosthiostomidae Lang, 1884 |
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Family Prosthiostomidae Lang, 1884 View in CoL
Genus Prosthiostomum Marcus & Marcus, 1968 View in CoL
Prosthiostomum Quatrefages, 1845: 181 View in CoL , fig. 42.
Mesodiscus Minot, 1876: 451 View in CoL , figs 16–20.
Diagnosis (after Faubel 1984): Prosthiostomidae with marginal eyes in varying length of the anterior margin or encircling the entire margin. Digestive system with frontally running main median intestine. Male copulatory apparatus with a pair of prostatic vesicles usually separate, arranged lateral or somewhat ventral to the ejaculatory duct; penis armed with a pointed tubular stylet.
Type species: Prosthiostomum siphunculus (Delle Chiaje, 1828) View in CoL .
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Prosthiostomidae Lang, 1884
| Rodríguez, Jorge, Hutchings, Pat A. & Williamson, Jane E. 2021 |
Mesodiscus
| Minot, C. S. 1876: 451 |
Prosthiostomum
| Quatrefages, M. A. de 1845: 181 |