Macrostomorpha
| Macrostomorpha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Macrostomum lignano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| (unranked): | Macrostomorpha |
| orders | |
Macrostomorpha is a clade of free living microturbellarians ranked either as class or subclass in the group Rhabditophora. There are about 260 described species in two orders - marine, freshwater and brackish Macrostomida, which group most of the species diversity, and exlusively marine Haplopharyngida with only three described species[1]. Macrostomorpha constitute a basal group in Rhabditophora, showing such plesiomorphic condition as entolecithal eggs and spiral cleavage[2]. Another trait found among members of the clade is presence of hard stylet in the male copulatory organ.
References
- ↑ "World Register of Marine Species". 29 April 2016.
- ↑ Egger, Bernhard; et al. (2015). "A Transcriptomic-Phylogenomic Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationships of Flatworms". Current Biology 25: 1347–1353. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.034.
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