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Short description: Clade of flatworms

Macrostomorpha
Macrostomum lignano.jpg
Macrostomum lignano
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Subphylum: Rhabditophora
Subclass: Macrostomorpha
Doe, 1986
Subordinate taxa

Macrostomorpha is a clade of free living flatworms 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 exclusively 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3275008 entry