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Childia
Sign in to saveChildia is a genus of acoels in the family Mecynostomidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumXenacoelomorpha
- OrderAcoela
- FamilyMecynostomidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Mecynostomidae
- Collections
- USNM, NRM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Childia is a genus of acoels in the family Mecynostomidae.
==Species== Contains the following species: Childia aculifera Nilsson, Wallberg & Jondelius, 2011 Childia brachyposthium (Westblad 1942) Childia crassum (Westblad 1942) Childia curinii Nilsson, Wallberg & Jondelius, 2011 Childia cycloposthium (Westblad 1942) Childia dubium (Westblad 1942) Childia etium (Marcus 1954) Childia gracilis (Westblad 1945) Childia groenlandica (Levinsen, 1879) Childia leptoposthium (Riedl 1956) Childia macroposthium (Steinböck, 1931) Childia submaculatum (Westblad 1942) Childia trianguliferum (Westblad 1942) Childia vivipara Tekle, Raikova & Jondelius, 2006 Childia westbladi (Marcus 1950)
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