Marine Macrostomorpha (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from the Algarve (Southern Portugal)
Author
Schockaert, Ernest R.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3872
5
577
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journal article
42404
10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.8
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1175-5326
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Microstomidae Luther, 1907
At least two species of the taxon
Microstomum
Schmidt, 1848
were observed, one with and one without trophically derived cnidarian nematocytes. The species could not be identified, since all individuals were sterile and reproducing by fission. Both species occurred in various sites in the Ria
Formosa
, often together.