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Three species of umagillid turbellarians were found to have different nutritional relationships with their echinoid hosts: Syndisyrinx franciscanus ingests host intestinal tissue and ciliates that are symbiotic in the intestine of the host; Syndesmis dendrastrorum consumes intestinal tissue and materials that have been ingested by the host; an umagillid that closely resembles Syndesmis echinorum subsists entirely on host intestinal tissue.
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Shinn, G.L. (1981). The diet of three species of umagillid neorhabdocoel turbellarians inhabiting the intestine of echinoids. In: Schockaert, E.R., Ball, I.R. (eds) The Biology of the Turbellaria. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8668-8_20
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