''Mecynostomum'' 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
Mecynostomidae.
The species of this genus are found in
Europe
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and
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
.
Species
Species:
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Mecynostomum auritum''
*''
Mecynostomum caudatum''
*''
Mecynostomum cordiforme''
References
Acoela
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