Stenostomidae Vejdovsky, 1880

Noreña, Carolina, Damborenea, Cristina & Brusa, Francisco, 2005, A taxonomic revision of South American species of the genus Stenostomum O. Schmidt (Platyhelminthes: Catenulida) based on morphological characters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (1), pp. 37-58 : 39

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00157.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5113576
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C6887DA-3078-C47A-FC39-A112D26AAC07
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Stenostomidae Vejdovsky, 1880
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Family Stenostomidae Vejdovsky, 1880 View in CoL

Diagnosis: Catenulida with lobulate preoral cerebral ganglia. Occasionally with ciliated pits. Asexual reproduction by paratomy. Brain formed by paired lobulate ganglia. Excretophores generally present. Male genital pore dorsal, at mouth level.

Type genus: Stenostomum O. Schmidt, 1848 View in CoL