Nomenclature
original description
Kaburaki, T. (1925). An interesting alloeocoel infesting the alimentary canal of Metacrinus rotundus P.H.C. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 10(30): 299-310. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy
status source
Stunkard, H.W.; Corliss, J.O. (1951). New species of Syndesmis and a revision of the family Umagillidae Wahl 1910 (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela). <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 101: 319-334.
page(s): 325, 327 [details] Available for editors
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status source
Kozloff, E. N. (1965). Desmote inops sp. n. and Fallacohospes inchoatus gen and sp. n., umagillid rhabdocoels from the intestine of the crinoid Florometra serratissima (A.H. Clark). <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 51(3): 305-312. [details] Available for editors
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status source
Cannon, L. R. G. (1982). Endosymbiotic Umagillids (Turbellaria) from Holothurians of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 11: 173-188. [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Poche, F. (1926). Das System der Platodaria. <em>Archiv für naturgeschichte. Abteilung A.</em> 91: 1-458.
page(s): 42, 64, 84–86 [details] Available for editors
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Status Was considered synonymous with Desmote by Kozloff (1965), but not by Stunkard & Corliss (1951). Based on a phylogeny, Cannon (1982) points out that the genus indeed is valid. [details]
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