Known species of Acoela from the Atlantic coast of North America. Abbreviations.--FL, Florida; MA, Massachusetts; ME, Maine; NC, NorthCarolina; NS, Nova Scotia; RI, Rhode Island
Species
Location
References

Actinoposthiidae

Pelophila lutheri (Westblad, 1946)
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Pseudactinoposthia sanguineum (Beklemischev, 1915)
ME
Hooge 2003

Anaperidae

Anaperus gardineri (Graff, 1911)
MA to ME
Graff 1911, Tyler & Hyra 1998
Anaperus singularis Hooge & Smith, 2004 NC Hooge & Smith 2004
Childiidae
Childia groenlandica (Levinsen, 1879)
MA to ME
Bush 1981, Graff 1911
Convolutidae
Amphiscolops langerhansi (Graff, 1882)
FL
Bush 1981
Convoluta convoluta (Abildgaard, 1806)
MA to NS
Rivest, Coyer & Tyler 1999
Neochildia fusca Bush, 1975
NC to ME
Bush 1975
Polychoerus caudatus Mark, 1892
NC to MA
Graff 1911, Hooge & Smith 2003
Diopisthoporidae
Diopisthoporus gymnopharyngeus Smith & Tyler, 1985
NC
Smith & Tyler 1985, Hooge & Smith 2003
Diopisthoporus lofolitus Hooge & Smith, 2004 NC Hooge & Smith 2004
Haploposthiidae
Afronta aurantiaca Hyman, 1944
ME
Hyman 1944
Kuma flava Hooge & Smith, 2004 NC Hooge & Smith 2004
Parahaploposthia thiophilus Fegley et al. 1984
NC
Fegley et al. 1984, Hooge & Smith 2004
Pseudohaplogonaria cerasina Hooge & Smith, 2004 NC Hooge & Smith 2004
Hofsteniidae
Hofstenia miami Correa, 1960
FL
Correa 1960
Isodiametridae    
Aphanostoma bruscai Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Isodiametra earnhardti (Hooge & Smith, 2003) NC Hooge & Smith 2003
Isodiametra hortulus (Hooge & Tyler, 2003)
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Isodiametra karpredi (Hooge & Tyler, 2003)
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Isodiametra norwegica (Westblad, 1946)
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Isodiametra pulchra (Smith & Bush, 1991)
NC to ME
Smith & Bush 1991
Praeaphanostoma wadsworthi Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Praeconvoluta castinea Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Praeconvoluta tigrina Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Praeconvoluta tornuva Tyler & Hooge, 1999
ME
Tyler & Hooge 1999, Hooge & Tyler 1999
Pseudaphanostoma smithrii Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME, NC
Hooge & Tyler 2003, Hooge & Smith 2004
Mecynostomidae
Eumecynostomum asterium Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Paedomecynostomum bruneum Dörjes, 1968
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Paramecynostomum diversicolor (Orsted, 1845)
MA, RI
Bush 1981, Graff 1911
Pseudmecynostomum folium Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Pseudmecynostomum phoca Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Otocelididae
Notocelis gullmarensis (Westblad, 1946)
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Otocelis sandara Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Philocelis brueggemanni Hooge & Tyler, 2003
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Paratomellidae
Hesiolicium inops Crezee & Tyler, 1976
NC
Crezee & Tyler 1976
Paratomella rubra Rieger & Ott, 1971
NC
Crezee 1978, Hooge & Smith 2004
Paratomella unichaeta Dörjes, 1966
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Proporidae
Proporus lonchitus Dörjes, 1971
ME
Hooge & Tyler 2003
Proporus carolinensis Hooge & Smith, 2004 NC Hooge & Smith 2004
Solenofilomorphidae
Endocinta punctata Crezee, 1975
NC
Crezee 1975, Hooge & Smith 2003
Fusantrum rhammiphorum Crezee, 1975
NC
Crezee 1975
Myopea "callaeum"
ME
Tyler in prep.
Myopea crassula Crezee, 1975
NC
Crezee 1975
Myopea latafaucium Crezee, 1975
NC
Crezee 1975
Solenofilomorpha "crezeei"
ME
Tyler in prep.
     
     

 

References
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Beklemischev WN. 1915. Sur les Turbellaries parasites de la c™te Mourmanne. I. Acoela.--Travaux de la Societe Imp Naturalistes Petrograd 43: 103-172.
Bush LF. 1975. Biology of Neochildia fusca n. gen., n. sp. from the Northeastern coast of the United States (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria).--Biological Bulletin 148: 35-48.
Bush LF. 1981. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Turbellaria: Acoela and Nemertodermatida.--NOAA Technical Report, NMFS Circular 440, 70pp.
Correa DD. 1960. Two new marine Turbellaria from Florida.--Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 10: 208-216.
Crezee M. 1975. Monograph of the Solenofilomorphidae (Turbellaria: Acoela).--Internationale Revue Gesamten Hydrobiologic 60: 769-845.
Crezee M. 1978. Paratomella rubra Rieger and Ott, an amphiatlantic acoel turbellarian.--Cahiers de Biologie Marine 19:1-9.
Crezee M, & Tyler S. 1976. Hesiolicium gen.n. (Turbellaria, Acoela) and observations on its ultrastructure.--Zoologica Scripta 5: 207-216.
Dorjes J. 1966.Paratomella unichaeta nov. gen. nov. spec., Vertreter einer neuen Familie der Turbellaria Acoela mit asexueller Fortpflanzung durch Paratomie.--Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven, Sonderband II: 187-200.
Dorjes J. 1968. Die Acoela (Turbellaria) der deutschen NordseekŸste und ein neues System der Ordnung.--Zeitschrift fŸr Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 6: 56-452.
Dorjes J. 1971. Monographie der Proporidae und Solenofilomorphidae (Turbellaria Acoela).--Senckenbergiana Biologica 52: 113-137.
Fegley SR., Smith JPS, & Rieger RM. 1984. Parahaploposthia thiophilus sp. n. and the use of living specimens in identification of acoel turbellarians.--Zoologica Scripta 13: 1-8.
Graff L. von. 1882. Monographie der Turbellarien I. Rhabdocoelida. (2 Vol., Leipzig).--Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. i-xii, 1-442.
Graff L. von. 1911. Acoela Rhabdocoela und Alloecoela des Ostens der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika.--Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 99: 1-108.
Hooge MD. 2001. Evolution of body-wall musculature in the Platyhelminthes (Acoela, Catenulida, Rhabditophora).--Journal of Morphology 249: 171-194.
Hooge MD. & Tyler S. 1999. Body-wall musculature of Praeconvoluta tornuva n. sp. (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) and the use of muscle patterns in taxonomy.--Invertebrate Biology 118: 8-17.
Hooge MD & Smith JPS. 2004. New acoels (Acoela, Acoelomorpha) from North Carolina. Zootaxa (Submitted)
Hooge MD& Tyler S. 2003. Acoels (Platyhelminthes, Acoela) from the Atlantic coast of North America.--Meiofauna Marina 12: 7-36.
Hyman LH. 1944. Marine turbellaria from the Atlantic coast of North America.--American Museum Novitates 1266, 15pp.
Levinsen GRM. 1879. Bidrag til Kundskab om Gr¿nlands Turbellariefauna.--Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 1879: 165-204.
Mark EL. 1892. Polychoerus caudatus, nov. gen. et nov. spec.--Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstage Rudolf Leuckarts. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig pp. 298-310.
Orsted. 1845. Fortegnelse over Dyr, samlede i Christianafjord ved Dobrak fra 21-24 Julie 1844.--Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, udgivet of H. Kroyer 2: 400-427.
Rieger R & Ott J. 1971. Gezeitenbedingte Wanderungen von Turbellarien und Nematoden eines nordadriatischen Sandstrande.-- Vie Milieu (Suppl. 22) 1: 425-447.
Rivest BR, Coyer J, & Tyler S. 1999. The first known invasion of a free-l iving marine flatworm.--Biological Invasions 1: 393-394.
Smith JPS& Bush L. 1991. Convoluta pulchra n. sp. (Turbellaria: Acoela) from the East Coast of North America.--Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 110: 12-26.
Smith JPS. & Tyler S. 1985. Fine-structure and evolutionary implications of the frontal organ in Turbellaria Acoela. 1. Diopisthoporus gymnopharyngeus sp. n.--Zoologica Scripta 14: 91-102.
Tyler S & Hooge MD. 1999. Taxonomic account: Praeconvoluta tornuva n. sp.--Invertebrate Biology 118: 15-17.
Tyler S & Hyra G. 1998. Patterns of musculature as taxonomic characters for the Turbellaria Acoela.--Hydrobiologia 383: 51-59.
Westblad, E. 1946. Studien Ÿber skandinavische Turbellaria: Acoela IV.-- Arkiv foer Zoologi 38A: 1-56.
 

 

 

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