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Rhynchomesostoma rostratum

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Rhynchomesostoma rostratum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Rhabdocoela
Family: Typhloplanidae
Genus: Rhynchomesostoma
Species:
R. rostratum
Binomial name
Rhynchomesostoma rostratum
(Müller OF, 1773)

Rhynchomesostoma rostratum is a species of rhabdocoel flatworms in the family Typhloplanidae.[1]

Description

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The animal is 1.5 to 3.5 mm long[2] and transparent. The anterior end is retractable.[3]

Taxonomy

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It was described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1774 as Fasciola rostrata.[1][4]

Distribution and habitat

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The species has been recorded in Europe, India, Kenya, Siberia, and the US.[1]

Ecology and behavior

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It preys on oligochaetes, cladocerans, copepods, other microturbellarians, and mosquito larvae and other aquatic insects. It is preyed upon by the flatworm Phaenocora unipunctata.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Rhynchomesostoma". Turbellarian taxonomic database. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  2. ^ a b Young, J. O. (2001). Keys to the freshwater microturbellarians of Britain and Ireland. Ambleside: Freshwater Biology Association.
  3. ^ Streble, H. & Krauter, D. (1988). Das Leben im Wassertropfen. Stuttgart: Franckh. pp. 268–269.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Müller, Otto Friedrich (1774). "Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Vol. primi pars altera". Havniae et Lipsiae. 4: 65–66 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.