Macrostomorpha
Sign in to saveMacrostomorpha is a clade of free living flatworms in the group Rhabditophora.
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Macrostomorpha is a clade of free living flatworms in the group Rhabditophora.
==Description== Species of Macrostomorpha are characterized by having the necks of the viscid gland and releasing gland emerging in a common collar of anchor cell microvilli. They also gave aciliary speratozoa and a pharynx of the simplex coronatus type. Macrostomorpha constitute a basal group in Rhabditophora, showing such plesiomorphic condition as entolecithal eggs and spiral cleavage. Another trait found among members of the clade is the presence of hard stylet in the male copulatory organ.