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Known
species of Acoela from the Pacific coast of North America. Abbreviations.--CA,
California; OR, Oregon; WA, Washington
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| Species | Location |
References |
| Childiidae |
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| Childia groenlandica
(Levinsen, 1879) |
CA, WA | Hyman 1959, Stricker et al. 1992 |
| Convolutidae |
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| Ancylocirrus ornatus Kozloff,
2000 |
WA | Kozloff 2000 |
| Diatomovora amoena Kozloff, 1965 | OR, WA | Kozloff 1965 |
| Polychoerus carmelensis Costello & Costello, 1938 | CA | Costello & Costello
1938 |
| Rhaphidophallus actuosus Kozloff, 1965 | WA, CA | Kozloff 1965, Hooge &
Tyler 2003 |
| Haploposthiidae |
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| Haplogonaria phyllospadicis Hooge & Tyler 2003 | CA | Hooge & Tyler, 2003 |
| Haploposthia erythrocephala Kozloff, 2000 | WA | Kozloff 2000 |
| Mecynostomidae |
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| Eumecynostomum luridum Kozloff, 2000 | WA | Kozloff 2000 |
| Mecynostomum torquens Kozloff, 2000 | WA | Kozloff 2000 |
| Stylomecynostomum bodegensis Hooge & Tyler 2003 | CA | Hooge & Tyler, 2003 |
| Otocelididae |
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| Notocelis rubidocula Kozloff, 2000 | WA | Kozloff 2000 |
| Otocelis luteola (Kozloff, 1965) | WA | Kozloff 1965 |
| Paratomellidae |
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| Paratomella rubra Rieger & Ott, 1971 |
CA | Hooge & Tyler 2003 |
| Paratomella unichaeta Dörjes,
1966 |
WA | Dörjes 1966, Kozloff
2000 |
| Paratomella sp. |
CA | Hooge 1999 |
| Solenofilomorphidae |
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| Myopea sp. | WA | Crezée 1975 |
References
Costello HM & Costello DP 1938. A new species of Polychoerus from the Pacific coast. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 148-155.
Crezée M 1975. Monograph of the Solenofilomorphidae (Turbellaria: Acoela). Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie 60: 769-845.
Dörjes 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.
Hooge MD & Tyler S 2003. Two new acoels (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) from the central coast of California. Zootaxa 131: 1-14.
Hooge MD 1999. The abundance and horizontal distribution of
meiofauna on a northern California Beach.
Pacific Science 53: 305-315.
Hyman LH 1959. Some Turbellaria from the coast of California. American Museum Novittes no. 1943.
Kozloff E 1965. New species of acoel turbellarians from the Pacific coast. Biological Bulletin 1: 151-166.
Kozloff E 2000. A new genus and five new species of acoel flatworms from the Pacific coast of North America, and resolution of some systematic problems in the families Convolutidae and Otocelididae. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 41: 281-293.
Stricker SA, Welford AM, & Morris CA 1992. Somatic cell-oocyte interactions during oogenesis in the acoel flatworm Childia groenlandica. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 21: 57-77.
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