''Exocelis'' is a genus of
acoel
Acoela, or the acoels, is an order of small and simple invertebrates in the subphylum Acoelomorpha of phylum Xenacoelomorpha, a deep branching bilaterian group of animals, which resemble flatworms. Historically they were treated as an order of ...
s belonging to the family
Otocelididae
Otocelididae is a family of acoels.
Taxonomy Genera
There are five genera in the family Otocelididae:
* ''Archocelis'' Dörjes, 1968
* ''Exocelis'' Ehlers & Dörjes, 1979
* ''Haplotestis'' Dörjes, 1968
* ''Philocelis'' Dörjes, 1968
* ''Postic ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Central America.
Species:
*''
Exocelis exopenis''
*''
Exocelis reedi''
References
Acoela
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