PIRUSACCIDAE HØEG & GLENNER, 2020
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C396C42-BF7B-41C5-A6F1-1DFC810B0CBD |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C396C42-BF7B-41C5-A6F1-1DFC810B0CBD |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A56C153C-FFDF-FFCC-FCF1-FD72FA89FABF |
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Plazi |
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PIRUSACCIDAE HØEG & GLENNER |
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fam. nov. |
FAMILY PIRUSACCIDAE HØEG & GLENNER FAM. NOV.
Type genus: Pirusaccus Lützen, 1985 .
Type species: Pirusaccus socialis Lützen, 1985 (by monotypy).
LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E13A86B8-C88E-4709-8A7A-599CC6B58C6E
Diagnosis: Colonial externae of an elongated club shape. The male organs are bodies (‘spermatogenic islets’) floating free in the mantle cavity. Mesentery present; mesenteric canal absent.
Hosts: On the galatheoid species Galacantha (syn. Munidopsis ) rostrata A. Milne Edwards, 1880.
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