''Hylocelis'' is a genus of
flatworm
Platyhelminthes (from the Greek language, Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") is a Phylum (biology), phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, Segmentation (biology), ...
belonging to the family
Cryptocelidae
Cryptocelidae is a family of flatworms.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Cryptocelidae:
* ''Adenodactyloplana'' Bulnes, Faubel & Ponce de Leon, 2003
* ''Cryptocelis'' Lang, 1884
* ''Hylocelis'' Faubel, 1983
* ''Macginitie ...
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Description
''Hylocelis'' is distinguished from other members of Cryptocelidae by the presence of tentacles, and tentacular and cerebral eye clusters. The male copulatory apparatus has a seminal vesicle and a penis
stylet. The stylet is connected to the prostatic vesicle via a coiling ejaculatory duct. The female apparatus has a vagina bulbosa and a Lang's vesicle.
Species
The following species are recognized in ''Hylocelis'':
References
Rhabditophora genera
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