Stenostomidae is a family of freshwater catenulid flatworms. It is the most species-rich family of catenulids, with about 70 species described, most of them in the Neotropics.[2]
| Stenostomidae | |
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| Stenostomum simplex | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Catenulida |
| Family: | Stenostomidae Vejdovsky, 1880 |
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Catenulids of the family Stenostomidae are characterized by the brain divided into four clearly separated lobes, two anterior and two posterior, which lie near the mouth. The preoral zone contains a group of sensor cells with ciliated pits organized in long precerebral series.[3]
References
edit- ^ Tyler, S. (2010). Stenostomidae Vejdovsky, 1880. In: Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2017). World list of Platyhelminthes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142047 on 2017-02-14
- ^ Damborenea, Cristina; Brusa, Francisco; Almagro, Io; Noreña, Carolina (2011). "A phylogenetic analysis of Stenostomum and its neotropical congeners, with a description of a new species from the Peruvian Amazon Basin". Invertebrate Systematics. 25 (2): 155. doi:10.1071/IS10026. hdl:11336/81148. ISSN 1445-5226.
- ^ Marcus, Ernst (1945). "Sôbre microturbellarios do Brasil". Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural Montevideo. 1 (25): 1–74+4pl.
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