Convoluta convoluta Acoellous Turbellarian Flatworm

Convoluta convolutais commonly referred to as Acoellous Turbellarian Flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jeff Goddard, USA

Convoluta convoluta

About a mm long, on a green alga in a tide pool at McKenney Pt., Maine. These acoel flatworms were apparently accidentally introduced to the Gulf of Maine from the NE Atlantic in the 1990's
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Scientific:: Convoluta convoluta
German:: Acoel-Strudelwurm
English:: Acoellous Turbellarian Flatworm

Category:: Flatworms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Xenacoelomorpha (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Acoela (Order) > Convolutidae (Family) > Convoluta (Genus) > convoluta (Species)
Initial determination:: (Abildgaard, ), 1806

Occurrence:: the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Australia, British Virgin Islands, Canada , Croatia, Danmark, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Ireland, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, USA
Sea depth:: 0 - 3 Meter
Size:: 0,1 cm
Temperature:: 41 °F - 86 °F (5°C - 30°C)
Food:: Clams
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Convoluta albomaculata
Convoluta baltica
Convoluta bimaculata
Convoluta boehmigi
Convoluta böhmigi
Convoluta borealis
Convoluta boyeri
Convoluta chiridotae
Convoluta confusa
Convoluta convoluta
Acoel-Strudelwurm
Convoluta enelitta
Convoluta furugelmi
Convoluta henseni
Convoluta hipparchia
Convoluta kikaiensis
Convoluta krana
Convoluta lacazi
Convoluta lacrimosa
Convoluta marginalis
Convoluta maris-alba
Convoluta marisalbi
Convoluta naviculae
Convoluta niphoni
Convoluta pelagica
Convoluta philippinensis
Convoluta punctata
Convoluta pygopora
Convoluta schmidti
Convoluta schuelii
Convoluta semperi
Convoluta sordida
Convoluta thela
Convoluta uljanini
Convoluta variabilis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-01-09 14:39:24
Last edit:: 2021-01-09 17:45:50

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Convoluta convoluta (Abildgaard, 1806)

Convoluta convoluta is a small acoel in the family Convolutidae. Native to the Baltic Sea, it invaded the Gulf of Maine in the late 1990s.

Convoluta convoluta (Abildgaard) are always without symbionts Genus Lichmophora (Lichmophora hyalina and L.communis), prey on juvenile bivalve and Hrapactoid-copepods.

Synonymised names:
Convoluta albicincta Schultze, 1851 (junior synonym)
Convoluta armata Graff, 1874 (junior synonym)
Convoluta diesingii Schmidt, 1852 (junior synonym)
Convoluta haustrum Dalyell, 1853 (junior synonym)
Convoluta infundibulum Schmidt, 1861 (junior synonym)
Convoluta johnstoni Diesing, 1862 (junior synonym)
Convoluta paradoxa Ørsted, 1843 (junior synonym)
Monotus albicinctus (Schultze, 1849)
Monotus diesingi Schmidt, 1861
Monotus johnstoni Diesing, 1862 (nomen nudum)
Monotus paradoxa (Claperede, 1861)
Planaria convoluta Abildgaard, 1806 (synonym)

Scientific paper

Impact assessment of an invasive flatworm, Convoluta convoluta, in the Southern Gulf of Maine, Jarrett Byrnes; Jon D Witman, 2003
Die „Zooxanthellen” vonConvoluta convoluta(Turbellaria Acoela) entstehen aus Diatomeen, Peter Ax; Gieselbert Apelt, 1965
The cellular organization ofConvoluta convoluta, an acoel turbellarian: A cytological, histochemical and fine structural study, Knud Jørgen Pedersen, 1964

External links

EOL (en). Abgerufen am 09.01.2021.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 09.01.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 09.01.2021.

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