Kalyptorhynchia
Sign in to saveKalyptorhynchia is a suborder of rhabdocoel flatworms. It contains almost 600 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution.
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隠吻／カリプトリンクス亜目
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- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- OrderRhabdocoela
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Kalyptorhynchia is a suborder of rhabdocoel flatworms. It contains almost 600 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution.
== Description == All kalyptorhynchs have an anterior muscular proboscis, which is used to capture prey. The proboscis is located inside an invagination of the epidermis called the proboscis-sheath that is closed by a sphincter at the tip of the body. Another synapomorphy supporting the group is the incorporation of the axonemes within the cell body of sperm cells during spermiogenesis.
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