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A group of small, soft-bodied, ciliated worms with the form (“morph”) of acoel turbellarians. The Acoelomorpha is now ranked as a phylum, distinct...



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Figure 1.Acoelomorpha. Anatomy of the acoel turbellarian Conaperta earnhardti.
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Figure 2.Nemertodermatida. Organization of Sterreria psammicola (a) and Ascoparia neglecta (b) as viewed in slightly squeezed specimens; (c) appearance of A. neglecta freshly extracted from sand. [From W. E. Sterrer, New and known Nemertodermatida (Platyhelminthes–Acoelomorpha)—A revision, Belg. J. Zool., 128:55–92, 1998]
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