Order Lecithoepitheliata Reisinger, 1924

Description

Pharynx anterior, complex. Eggs not entolecithal, but surrounded by vitelline cells (both produced by common germinal tissue). Free-living, freshwater, terrestrial and marine.

Families

Gnosonesimidae Reisinger, 1926
Prorhynchidae Hallez, 1894

Remarks

The status of this group, along with the Prolecithophora, is somewhat unclear (Ax, 1984). Karling (1974) raised each of the following groups to sub-orders, but questioned a close affinity between them. Timoshkin (1991) provided a review.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Turbellaria
Order Lecithoepitheliata

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Ax, P., 1984. Das Phylogenetische System. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart.

Karling, T.G., 1974a. On the Anatomy and Affinities of the Turbellarian Orders. In Riser, N.W. and Morse, M.P. (Eds.) Biology of the Turbellaria. McGraw-Hill, New York. pp. 1-16.

Karling, T.G., 1974b. Turbellarian Fauna of the Baltic Proper. Fauna Fennica 27:1-101.

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