WoRMS taxon details
Mecynostomidae Dörjes, 1968
142038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142038)
accepted
Family
Childiidae Dörjes, 1968 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Genus Childia Graff, 1910
- Genus Eumecynostomum Faubel & Regier, 1983
- Genus Faerlea Westblad, 1945
- Genus Limnoposthia Faubel & Kolasa, 1978
- Genus Mecynostomum Beneden E., 1870
- Genus Neomecynostomum Faubel & Regier, 1983
- Genus Paedomecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
- Genus Paramecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
- Genus Pelochildia Faubel & Warwick, 2005
- Genus Philomecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
- Genus Postaphanostoma Dörjes, 1968
- Genus Postmecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
- Genus Pseudmecynostomum Dörjes, 1968
- Genus Stylomecynostomum Hooge & Tyler, 2003
- Genus Paraphanostoma Westblad, 1942 accepted as Childia Graff, 1910 (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Dörjes, J. (1968). Die Acoela (Turbellaria) der Deutschen Nordseekuste und ein neues system der ordnung. <em>Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung.</em> 6: 56-452., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1968.tb00431.x [details] Available for editors 
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Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Mecynostomidae Dörjes, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142038 on 2026-08-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Dörjes, J. (1968). Die Acoela (Turbellaria) der Deutschen Nordseekuste und ein neues system der ordnung. <em>Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung.</em> 6: 56-452., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1968.tb00431.x [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 123-136 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Spermatozoa with 9 + 1 axonemes and distal microtubules only. Four layers of dorsal body-wall muscles. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Childiidae) (from synonym Childiidae Dörjes, 1968)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mecynostomidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Childiidae Dörjes, 1968)
To Genbank
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Childiidae Dörjes, 1968)
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mecynostomidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Childiidae Dörjes, 1968)
To Genbank
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Childiidae Dörjes, 1968)To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
