Acoelomorpha

Acoelomorpha
The acoelomorph Waminoa sp. (orange structure) on the Plerogyra sp. coral (whitish bubbles).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha
Subphylum: Acoelomorpha
Ehlers, 1985
Classes

Acoelomorpha is a subphylum of very simple and small soft-bodied animals with planula-like features which live in marine or brackish waters. They usually live between grains of sediment, swimming as plankton, or crawling on other organisms, such as algae and corals.[1] With the exception of two acoel freshwater species, all known acoelomorphs are marine.[2]

  1. ^ Cannon, L. R. G. (1986) Turbellaria of the World. A guide to families and genera. Brisbane, Queensland Museum, 136 p.
  2. ^ Harzsch, Steffen; Purschke, Günter (2016-01-01). Structure and evolution of invertebrate nervous systems. Oxford University Press. pp. 56–61. ISBN 978-0-19-968220-1. OCLC 951605913.