Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg 1831 articles

Gyratrix hermaphroditus

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Gyratrix hermaphroditus is a species of rhabdocoel flatworms in the family Polycystididae.^[2]

The animal is 1 to 1,5 mm long, transparent and colorless. It possesses a proboscis at the anterior end and a sharply pointed stylet.^[3]

It was described by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in 1831.^[2] Gyratrix hermaphroditus represents a species complex.^[4]

Members of the species complex occur in both marine and inland water habitats.^[4]

It is known to feed on copepods and cladocerans.^[5]

^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Gyratrix hermaphroditus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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^ Streble, H., Krauter, D. (1988). Das Leben im Wassertropfen. Stuttgart: Franckh. pp. 270–271.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Curini-Galletti, M., & Puccinelli, I. (1998). "The Gyratrix hermaphroditus species complex (Kalyptorhynchia: Polycystididae) in marine habitats of eastern Australia". Hydrobiologia. 383: 287–298. doi:10.1023/A:1003456102035. S2CID 9808496.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Young, J. O. (2001). Keys to the freshwater microturbellarians of Britain and Ireland. Ambleside: Freshwater biological association. p. 87.