Creatures » … » Animal » … » Flatworms » … » Thoracocotylidae

Creatures » Cellular Organisms » Eukaryotes » Opisthokonts » Animal » Bilateria » Protostomes » Spiralians » Flatworms » Monogenea » Mazocraeidea » Thoracocotylidae «

Thoracocotyle

Thoracocotyle is a genus of flatworms in the family Thoracocotylidae. They rely on ciliary gliding to move around.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ciliary_gliding
Definition: a type of locomotion in which an animal moves on a secreted layer of mucus, propelled by the beating of cilia. It is characteristic of small, soft-bodied invertebrates.
Attribution: Martin, G.G. Ciliary gliding in lower invertebrates. Zoomorphologie 91, 249–261 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00999814

show all records

EOL has data for 10 attributes, including:

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Thoracocotyle. View this species on GBIF

Thoracocotyle includes 1 child:

Thoracocotyle crocea MacCallum 1913