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Malacobdella
Sign in to saveMalacobdellidae is a monogeneric family within the phylum Nemertea. It is included with the order Hoplonemertea within the class Enopla (formerly in monotypic order Bdellonemertea of the same class).
Species
leech nemertean
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumNemertea
- ClassHoplonemertea
- OrderMonostilifera
- FamilyMalacobdellidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Malacobdellidae
- Collections
- USNM, MCZ
- Recorded in
- United States, Denmark
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Morphology
- Ecology
- References
Malacobdellidae is a monogeneric family within the phylum Nemertea. It is included with the order Hoplonemertea within the class Enopla (formerly in monotypic order Bdellonemertea of the same class).
==Morphology== The family, as well as its sole genus Malacobdella, is characterized by a posterior ventral sucker and a proboscis lacking a stylet. As in other Hoplonemertea, the lateral longitudinal nerve cord is located internal to the body wall muscles, in the mesenchyme.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malacobdella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.