''Heterochaerus'' 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
Convolutidae
Convolutidae is a family of acoels, belonging to the phylum Xenacoelomorpha. This family contains more than a third of all known acoel species. .
The species of this genus are found in Australia and Central America.
Species:
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Heterochaerus australis''
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Heterochaerus blumi''
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Heterochaerus carvalhoi''
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Heterochaerus langerhansi''
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Heterochaerus sargassi''
References
Convolutidae
Taxa named by William Aitcheson Haswell
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