''Myzostoma'' is a

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worm Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always). Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete wor ...

s, which are

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crinoid Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea. Crinoids that are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk in their adult form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms are called feather stars or comatulids, which are ...

s in the

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Myzostomidae Myzostomatidae is a family of polychaetes belonging to the order Phyllodocida. Genera: * '' Asteromyzostomum'' Vagin, 1954 * '' Cystimyzostomum'' Jagersten, 1940 * '' Endomyzostoma'' * '' Hypomyzostoma'' Perrier, 1897 * '' Mesomyzostoma'' Remsch ...

Species

The following

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are classified in this genus: *'' Myzostoma abundans'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma adhaerens'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma agassizii'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma alatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma ambiguum'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma antarcticum'' Stummer-Traunfels, 1908 *'' Myzostoma antennatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma areolatum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma armatae'' Grygier, 1989 *'' Myzostoma aruense'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma asteriae'' Marenzeller, 1895 *'' Myzostoma asymmetricum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma atrum'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma attenuatum'' Grygier, 1989 *'' Myzostoma australe'' Rouse, 2003 *'' Myzostoma beardi'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma belli'' Wheeler, 1897 *'' Myzostoma bicaudatum'' Greeff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma bicorne'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma bocki'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma brachiatum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma brevicirrum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma brevilobatum'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma brevipes'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma bucchichii'' Wagner, 1887 *'' Myzostoma calycotyle'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma caribbeanum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma carinatum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma carpenteri'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma cerriferoidum'' McClendon, 1907 *'' Myzostoma chelonium'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma chelonoidium'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma chinesicum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma circinatum'' Wheeler, 1897 *'' Myzostoma cirricostatum'' Jägersten, 1937 *''

Myzostoma cirriferum ''Myzostoma'' is a genus of marine worms, which are parasitic on crinoids in the family Myzostomidae. Species The following species are classified in this genus: *'' Myzostoma abundans'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma adhaerens'' Remscheid, 1918 *' ...

'' Leuckart, 1836 *'' Myzostoma cirripedium'' Graff, 1885 *'' Myzostoma clarki'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma compressum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma coriaceum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma cornutum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma coronatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma costatum'' Leuckart, 1830 *'' Myzostoma crenatum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma cristatum'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma cryptopodium'' Wheeler, 1897 *'' Myzostoma cubanum'' McClendon, 1907 *'' Myzostoma cuniculus'' Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998 *'' Myzostoma cysticolum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma deani'' McClendon, 1906 *''

Myzostoma deformator ''Myzostoma'' is a genus of marine worms, which are parasitic on crinoids in the family Myzostomidae. Species The following species are classified in this genus: *'' Myzostoma abundans'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma adhaerens'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' ...

'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma dentatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma divisor'' Grygier, 1989 *'' Myzostoma dubium'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma echinus'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma elegans'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma elongatum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma eremita'' Wheeler, 1897 *'' Myzostoma evermanni'' McClendon, 1907 *'' Myzostoma excisum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma fasciatum'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma filicauda'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma fimbriatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma fisheri'' Wheeler, 1905 *'' Myzostoma fissum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma folium'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma furcatum'' Graff, 1887 *''

Myzostoma fuscomaculatum ''Myzostoma fuscomaculatum'', the crinoid worm, is a species of marine worm in the family Myzostomida.Lanterbecq D., Hempson T., Griffiths C. & Eeckhaut I, 2008. ''Myzostoma fuscomaculatum'' (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, ...

'' Lanterbecq, Hempson, Griffiths & Eeckhaut, 2008Lanterbecq D., Hempson T., Griffiths C. Æ Eeckhaut I, 2008. ''Myzostoma fuscomaculatum'' (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, South Africa. ''Hydrobiologia'' DOI 10.1007/s10750-008-9606-7 *'' Myzostoma gardineri'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma gerlachei'' Fauvel, 1936 *'' Myzostoma giganteum'' Nansen, 1885 *'' Myzostoma gigas'' Luetken in Graff, 1884 *''

Myzostoma glabrum ''Myzostoma'' is a genus of marine worms, which are parasitic on crinoids in the family Myzostomidae. Species The following species are classified in this genus: *'' Myzostoma abundans'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma adhaerens'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' ...

'' Leuckart in Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma gopalai'' Subramaniam in George, 1943 *'' Myzostoma graffi'' Nansen, 1885 *'' Myzostoma holotuberculatum'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma horologium'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma ijimai'' Hara & Okada, 1921 *'' Myzostoma inflator'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma ingolfi'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma insigne'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma intermedium'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma irregulare'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma japonicum'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma labiatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma laingense'' Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998 *'' Myzostoma lobatum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma longimanum'' Jägersten, 1934 *'' Myzostoma longipes'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma longitergum'' Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998 *'' Myzostoma luetkeni'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma maculatum'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma marginatum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma mertoni'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma metacrini'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma moebianum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma mortenseni'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma murrayi'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma nanseni'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma nigrescens'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma nigromaculatum'' Eeckhaut, Grygier & Deheyn, 1998 *'' Myzostoma oblongum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma pallidum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma parasiticum'' Leuckart, 1827 *'' Myzostoma pentacrini'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma pictum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma platypus'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma plicatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma pluvinar'' von Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma polycyclus'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma pottsi'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma pseudocuniculus'' Lanterbecq & Eeckhaut, 2003 *'' Myzostoma pseudogigas'' Jägersten, 1940 *''

Myzostoma pulvinar ''Myzostoma'' is a genus of marine worms, which are parasitic on crinoids in the family Myzostomidae. Species The following species are classified in this genus: *'' Myzostoma abundans'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma adhaerens'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' ...

'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma quadricaudatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma quadrifilum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma radiatum'' Graff in Clark, 1921 *'' Myzostoma robustum'' Okada, 1921 *'' Myzostoma rotundum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma rubrofasciatum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma schultzeanum'' Diesing, 1858 *'' Myzostoma seymourcollegiorum'' Rouse & Grygier, 2005 (note that this species has not been verified by a taxonomic editor) *'' Myzostoma smithi'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma stochoeides'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma striata'' George, 1943 *'' Myzostoma sulcatum'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma taeniatum'' Remscheid, 1918 *'' Myzostoma tentaculatum'' Jägersten, 1940 *'' Myzostoma tenuispinum'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma terminale'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma testudo'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma thompsoni'' Diesing, 1858 *'' Myzostoma toliarense'' Lanterbecq & Eeckhaut, 2003 *'' Myzostoma triste'' Graff, 1887 *'' Myzostoma tuberculatum'' Jägersten, 1937 *'' Myzostoma tuberculosum'' Semper, 1859 *'' Myzostoma vastum'' Graff, 1883 *'' Myzostoma verrucosum'' Graff, 1877 *'' Myzostoma vincentinum'' Reichensperger, 1906 *'' Myzostoma viride'' Atkins, 1927 *'' Myzostoma wheeleri'' McClendon, 1906 *'' Myzostoma willemoesii'' Graff, 1884 *'' Myzostoma wyvillethompsoni'' Graff, 1884

Synonyms

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the

''Myzostomun'' is a synonym of this genus.

References

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