Convolutidae

Convolutidae
Flatworm-like Waminoa sp. on Plerogyra sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha
Order: Acoela
Superfamily: Aberrantospermata
Family: Convolutidae
Graff, 1905
Synonyms
  • Anaperidae Dörjes, 1968
  • Sagittiferidae Kostenko & Mamkaev, 1990

Convolutidae is a family of acoels, belonging to the phylum Xenacoelomorpha. This family contains more than a third of all known acoel species.[1][2]

  1. ^ Hooge, M. D.; Tyler, S. (2005). "New tools for resolving phylogenies: a systematic revision of the Convolutidae (Acoelomorpha, Acoela)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 43 (2): 100–113. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00301.x. ISSN 0947-5745.
  2. ^ Turbellarian taxonomic database[permanent dead link], 2006.