''Myzostoma'' is a

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of marine

worm Worms are many different distantly related bilateria, bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limb (anatomy), limbs, and usually no eyes. Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine ...

s in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Myzostomatidae Myzostomatidae is a family of polychaetes belonging to the order Myzostomida The Myzostomida or Myzostomatida are an order of small marine (ocean), marine worms, which are Parasitism, parasitic on echinoderms, mostly crinoids. These highly un ...

. They are

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...

crinoid Crinoids are marine invertebrates that make up the class Crinoidea. Crinoids that remain attached to the sea floor by a stalk in their adult form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms, called feather stars or comatulids, are ...

Species

The following

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

are classified in this genus: *'' Myzostoma abundans'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma adhaerens'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma agassizii'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma alatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma ambiguum'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma antarcticum'' Stummer-Traunfels, 1908 *'' Myzostoma antennatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma areolatum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma armatae'' Grygier, 1989 *'' Myzostoma aruense'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma asymmetricum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma atrum'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma attenuatum'' Grygier, 1989 *'' Myzostoma australe'' Rouse, 2003 *'' Myzostoma beardi'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma belli'' Wheeler, 1897 *'' Myzostoma bicaudatum'' Greeff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma bicorne'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma bocki'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma brachiatum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma brevicirrum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma brevilobatum'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma brevipes'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma bucchichii'' Wagner, 1887 *'' Myzostoma calycotyle'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma capitocutis'' Eeckhaut, VandenSpiegel & Grygier, 1994 *'' Myzostoma caribbeanum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma carinatum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma carpenteri'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma cerriferoidum'' McClendon, 1907 *'' Myzostoma chelonium'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma chelonoidium'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma chinesicum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma circinatum'' Wheeler, 1897 *'' Myzostoma cirricostatum'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma cirriferum'' Leuckart, 1836 *'' Myzostoma cirripedium'' Graff, 1885 *'' Myzostoma clarki'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma compressum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma coriaceum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma cornutum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma coronatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma costatum'' Leuckart, 1830 *'' Myzostoma crenatum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma cristatum'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma cryptopodium'' Wheeler, 1897 *'' Myzostoma cubanum'' McClendon, 1907 *'' Myzostoma cuniculus'' Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998 *'' Myzostoma cysticolum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma deani'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma deformator'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma dentatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma divisor'' Grygier, 1989 *'' Myzostoma dubium'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma echinus'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma elegans'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma elongatum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma eremita'' Wheeler, 1897 *'' Myzostoma evermanni'' McClendon, 1907 *'' Myzostoma excisum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma fasciatum'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma filicauda'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma fimbriatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma fisheri'' Wheeler, 1905 *'' Myzostoma fissum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma folium'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma furcatum'' Graff, 1887 *''

Myzostoma fuscomaculatum ''Myzostoma fuscomaculatum'', the crinoid worm, is a species of marine worm in the family Myzostomatidae.Lanterbecq D., Hempson T., Griffiths C. & Eeckhaut I, 2008. ''Myzostoma fuscomaculatum'' (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False ...

'' Lanterbecq, Hempson, Griffiths & Eeckhaut, 2008Lanterbecq D., Hempson T., Griffiths C. Æ Eeckhaut I, 2008. ''Myzostoma fuscomaculatum'' (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, South Africa. ''Hydrobiologia'' DOI 10.1007/s10750-008-9606-7 *'' Myzostoma gardineri'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma gerlachei'' Fauvel, 1936 *'' Myzostoma giganteum'' Nansen, 1885 *'' Myzostoma gigas'' Luetken in Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma glabrum'' Leuckart in Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma gopalai'' Subramaniam in George, 1943 *'' Myzostoma graffi'' Nansen, 1885 *'' Myzostoma holotuberculatum'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma horologium'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma ijimai'' Hara & Okada, 1921 *'' Myzostoma inflator'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma ingolfi'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma insigne'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma intermedium'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma irregulare'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma japonicum'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma josefinae'' Summers & Rouse in Summers, Al-Hakim & Rouse, 2014 *'' Myzostoma khanhkhoaensis'' Kolbasova & Mekhova, 2019 *'' Myzostoma kymae'' Summers & Rouse in Summers, Al-Hakim & Rouse, 2014 *'' Myzostoma labiatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma laingense'' Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998 *'' Myzostoma lobatum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma longimanum'' Jägersten, 1934 *'' Myzostoma longipes'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma longitergum'' Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998 *'' Myzostoma luetkeni'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma maculatum'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma marginatum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma mertoni'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma metacrini'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma moebianum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma mortenseni'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma murrayi'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma nanseni'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma nigrescens'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma nigromaculatum'' Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998 *'' Myzostoma oblongum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma pallidum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma parasiticum'' Leuckart, 1827 *'' Myzostoma pentacrini'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma pictum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma platypus'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma plicatum'' Graff, 1884 *''

Myzostoma pluvinar ''Myzostoma'' is a genus of marine (ocean), marine worms in the family (biology), family Myzostomatidae. They are Parasitism, parasitic on crinoids. Species The following species are classified in this genus: *''Myzostoma abundans'' Graff, 1883 ...

'' von Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma polycyclus'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma pottsi'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma pseudocuniculus'' Lanterbecq & Eeckhaut, 2003 *'' Myzostoma pseudogigas'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma pulvinar'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma quadricaudatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma quadrifilum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma radiatum'' Graff in Clark, 1921 *'' Myzostoma robustum'' Okada, 1921 *'' Myzostoma rotundum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma rubrofasciatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma schultzeanum'' Diesing, 1858 *'' Myzostoma seymourcollegiorum'' Rouse & Grygier, 2005 (note that this species has not been verified by a taxonomic editor) *'' Myzostoma smithi'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma stochoeides'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma striata'' George, 1943 *'' Myzostoma sulcatum'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma taeniatum'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma tentaculatum'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma tenuispinum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma terminale'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma testudo'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma thompsoni'' Diesing, 1858 *'' Myzostoma toliarense'' Lanterbecq & Eeckhaut, 2003 *'' Myzostoma triste'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma tuberculatum'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma tuberculosum'' Semper, 1859 *'' Myzostoma vastum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma verrucosum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma vincentinum'' Reichensperger, 1906 *'' Myzostoma viride'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma wheeleri'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma willemoesii'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma wyvillethompsoni'' Graff, 1884

Synonyms

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the

''Myzostomun'' is a synonym of this genus.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3924135 Polychaetes