Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Turbellaria Lecithoepitheliata: morphology, systematics, phylogeny

  • Conference paper
Turbellarian Biology

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology 69 ((DIHY,volume 69))

Abstract

A review of the literature on the world fauna of Lecithoepitheliata and Prolecithophora and extensive observations by the author on species of the Prorhynchidae, including cosmopolitan species as well as some endemic to Lake Baikal, and on endemic species of Baicalarctiinae (Prolecithophora) show that the Prorhynchidae and Gnosonesimidae are properly classified in the Neoophora. The morphological similarity of the Prorhynchidae and Prolecithophora proves these taxa are closely related. A hypothesis relating the Lecithoepitheliata Prorhynchidae to primitive prolecithophorans appears to be the only tenable hypothesis on the phylogeny of Lecithoepitheliata. The question of whether the Lecithoepitheliata is monophyletic still needs investigation; more evidence on the phylogeny of the Gnosonesimidae is needed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Ayzenshtadt, T. B., 1984. Zitologiya oogeneza. Nauka, Moskva, 247 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bock, S., 1923. Eine neue marine Turbellariengattung aus Japan, 1. Uppsala Univ. Arsskr. Mat. Nat.: 1–61.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ehlers, U., 1985. Das phylogenetische System der Plathelminthes. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, 317 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gremigni, V., 1988. A comparative ultrastructural study of homocellular and heterocellular female gonads in free-living Platyhelminthes-Turbellaria. Fortschr. Zool. 36: 245–261.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hanström, B., 1928. Vergleichende Anatomie des Nervensysterns der wirbellosen Tiere, unter Berucksichtigung seiner Funktion. Verl. Jul. Springer, Berlin, 628 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ivanov, A. V. & Yu. V. Mamkaev, 1973. Resnichnye chervi (Turbellaria)-ikh proiskhojdenie i evolutsiya. Nauka, Leningrad, 221 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Karling, T. G., 1940. Zur Morphologie und Systematik der Alloeocoela Cumulata und Rhabdocoela Lecithophora (Turbellaria). Acta Zool. fenn. 26: 1–260.

    Google Scholar 

  • Karling, T. G., 1968. On the Genus Gnosonesima Reisinger (Turbellaria). Sarsia 33: 81–108.

    Google Scholar 

  • Karling, T. G., 1974. On the anatomy and affinities of the turbellarian orders, 1. In N. Rieser & M. Morse (eds), Biology of the Turbellaria. McGraw-Hill, New York: 1–17.

    Google Scholar 

  • Martens, P. M. & E. R. Schockaert, 1985. On the anatomy of Gnosonesima mediterranea sp.n. from Corsica (Plathel-minthes, Lecithoepitheliata) with special emphasis on its genito-intestinal connections. Microfauna Marina 3: 397–410.

    Google Scholar 

  • Meixner, J., 1938. Turbellaria (Strudelwurmer), 2. System: Die Tierwelt Nord-Ostsee, Lief. 33, 4, 146 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Percival, E., 1945. The genus Prorhynchus in New Zealand (Phylum Platyhelminthes, class Turbellaria). Trans. r. Soc. N. Z. 75: 33–41.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reisinger, E., 1923. Protomonotresis centrophora n.g. n.sp., eine neue Susswasseralloeocoele aus Steiermark. Zool. Anz. 58: 1–12.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reisinger, E., 1924. Zur Anatomie der Hypotrichina ( = Genostoma) tergestina Cal. nebst einem Beitrag zur Systematik der Alloeocoelen. Zool. Anz. 60: 137–149.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reisinger, E., 1926. Zur Turbellarienfauna der Antarktis. Deutsch. Sildpol.-Exped., 1901–1903, Zool. 18: 415–462.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reisinger, E., 1929. Zum Ductus genito-intestinalis Problem. 1. Ãœber primäre Geschlechtstrakt-Darmverbindungen bei Rhabdocoelen Turbellarien (Zugleich ein Beitrag zur europaischen und grönlandischen Turbellarienfauna). Z. Morphol. Ökol. Tiere 16: 49–73.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reisinger, E., 1968. Xenoprorhynchus-ein Modelfall fur progressiven Funktionswechsel. Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch. 6: 1–55.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reisinger, E., 1972. Die Evolution des Orthogons der Spiralier und das Archicolomatenproblem. Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch. 10: 1–43.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rieger, R. & W. Sterrer, 1975. New spicular skeletons in Turbellaria and the occurrence of spicules in marine meiofauna. 1, 2. Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch. 13: 207–248.

    Google Scholar 

  • Steinböck, O., 1924. Eine neue Gruppe alloeocoeler Turbellarien: Alloeocoela Typhlocoela (Fam. Prorhynchidae). Zool. Anz. 58: 233–242.

    Google Scholar 

  • Steinböck, O., 1927. Monographie der Prorhynchidae (Turbellaria). Z. Morphol. Ökol. Tiere 8: 538–662.

    Google Scholar 

  • Steinböck, O., 1966. Die Hofsteniiden (Turbellaria Acoela). Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch. 4(1–2): 58–195.

    Google Scholar 

  • Timoshkin, O. A., 1986. Osobennosti stroeniya i sistematicheskoe polojenie Prolecithophora Baikala (Turbellaria). Zool. Zh. 65: 16–27.

    Google Scholar 

  • Timoshkin, O. A., 1991. Turbellaria ozera Baikal, 1. Semeistvo Prorhynchidae (Lecithoepitheliata); ikh morfologiya, sistematika, filogeniya. Nauka, Novosibirsk, in press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Westblad, E., 1955. Marine ‘Alloeocoels’ (Turbellaria) from North Atlantic and Mediterranean Coasts, 7. Ark. Zool. 24: 491–526.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Limnological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 4199, Ulanbatorskaya, 3, Irkutsk, 664033, USSR

    O. A. Timoshkin

Authors
  1. O. A. Timoshkin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Zoology Murray Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA

    Seth Tyler

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1991 Kluwer Academic Publishers

About this paper

Cite this paper

Timoshkin, O.A. (1991). Turbellaria Lecithoepitheliata: morphology, systematics, phylogeny. In: Tyler, S. (eds) Turbellarian Biology. Developments in Hydrobiology 69, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2775-2_45

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2775-2_45

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

  • Print ISBN: 978-0-7923-1373-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-94-011-2775-2

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation