Stylochidae Explained
Stylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms.[1] It includes the species Stylochus zebra, which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris, though it can sometimes be found free living on rocks and pilings.[2]
The family contains the following 6 genera containing 36 accepted species:[3]
- Cryptostylochus
- Cryptostylochus coseirensis
- Cryptostylochus hullensis
- Cryptostylochus koreensis
- Distylochus
- Distylochus isifer
- Distylochus martae
- Distylochus pusillus
- Kataria
- Leptostylochus
- Leptostylochus capensis
- Leptostylochus elongatus
- Leptostylochus gracilis
- Leptostylochus novacambrensis
- Leptostylochus pacificus
- Leptostylochus palombii
- Leptostylochus polysorus
- Stylochopsis
- Stylochopsis ellipticus
- Stylochopsis ponticus
- Stylochus
- Stylochus alexandrinus
- Stylochus argus
- Stylochus bermudensis
- Stylochus cinereus
- Stylochus conglomeratus
- Stylochus crassus
- Stylochus ellipticus
- Stylochus flevensis
- Stylochus frontalis
- Stylochus limosus
- Stylochus luteus
- Stylochus mediterraneus
- Stylochus neapolitanus
- Stylochus pillidum
- Stylochus plessissii
- Stylochus pygmaeus
- Stylochus teuricus
- Stylochus vesiculatus
- Stylochus zanzibaricus
- Stylochus zebra
Notes and References
- Web site: Stylochidae - Encyclopedia of Life.
- Book: Keys to marine invertebrates of the Woods Hole region : A manual for the identification of the more common marine invertebrates. 1964.
- Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Stylochidae Stimpson, 1857.
