Otocelididae

Otocelididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha
Order: Acoela
Infraorder: Crucimusculata
Family: Otocelididae
Westblad, 1948

Otocelididae is a family of acoels.[1]

Taxonomy

Genera

There are five genera in the family Otocelididae:[1]

  • Archocelis Dörjes, 1968
  • Exocelis Ehlers & Dörjes, 1979
  • Haplotestis Dörjes, 1968
  • Philocelis Dörjes, 1968
  • Posticopora Kozloff, 2000

Species

The following species are recognised in the family Otocelididae.[1]

Name[lower-alpha 1] Image Distribution Description
Archocelis macrorhabdites Dörjes, 1968
Archocelis macrorhabditis Dörjes, 1968
Exocelis exopenis Ehlers & Dörjes, 1979
Exocelis reedi Hooge & Tyler, 2008
Haplotestis curvitubus Dörjes, 1968
Philocelis brueggemanni Hooge & Tyler, 2003
Philocelis cellata Dörjes 1968
Philocelis karlingi (Westblad, 1946)
Philocelis robrochai Hooge & Rocha, 2006
Posticopora luteopunctata (Ehlers & Doerjes, 1979)

Notes

  1. A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

References

  1. Seth Tyler (2010). "Otocelididae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 16, 2019.


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