Stylochidae

Stylochidae

Stylochidae

Family of flatworms

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]

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The family contains the following 6 genera containing 36 accepted species:[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Stylochidae - Encyclopedia of Life".
  2. [2]
    Keys to marine invertebrates of the Woods Hole region : A manual for the identification of the more common marine invertebrates. 1964.
  3. [3]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Stylochidae Stimpson, 1857".


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