''Mesostoma'' is a genus of ''
Typhloplanidae''.
The genus was described in 1837 by
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist. Ehrenberg was an evangelist and was considered to be of the most famous and productive scie ...
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Synonym: ''Schizostomum'' Schmidt, 1848 (nomen oblitum).
Species:
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Mesostoma ehrenbergii
''Mesostoma ehrenbergii'' is a species of rhabdocoel flatworms in the family Typhloplanidae.
Description
The species is comparatively large for microturbellarians, reaching 1,5 cm in body length. Its body is highly transparent. It is dorsov ...
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* ''
Mesostoma tetragonum''
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Rhabdocoela
Platyhelminthes genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg