''Symsagittifera'' 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 West Europe, Mediterranean sea, Black Sea and South Africa.
Species:
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Symsagittifera bifoveolata''
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Symsagittifera corsicae''
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Symsagittifera japonica''
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Symsagittifera macnaei''
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Symsagittifera nitidae''
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Symsagittifera poenicea''
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Symsagittifera psammophila''
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Symsagittifera roscoffensis
''Symsagittifera roscoffensis'', also called the Roscoff worm, the mint-sauce worm, or the shilly-shally worm, is a marine acoel worm. The origin and nature of the green color of this worm stimulated the intrigued zoologists in the 1870's. It wa ...
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Symsagittifera schultzei''
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Symsagittifera smaragdina''
References
Convolutidae
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