Rhynchomesostoma rostratum (Müller OF 1773) articles

Rhynchomesostoma rostratum

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Rhynchomesostoma rostratum is a species of rhabdocoel flatworms in the family Typhloplanidae.^[1]

The animal is 1.5 to 3.5 mm long^[2] and transparent. The anterior end is retractable.^[3]

It was described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1774 as Fasciola rostrata.^[1]^[4]

The species has been recorded in Europe, India, Kenya, Siberia, and the US.^[1]

It preys on oligochaetes, cladocerans, copepods, other microturbellarians, and mosquito larvae and other aquatic insects. It is preyed upon by the flatworm Phaenocora unipunctata.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Rhynchomesostoma". Turbellarian taxonomic database. Retrieved 2021-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b Young, J. O. (2001). Keys to the freshwater microturbellarians of Britain and Ireland. Ambleside: Freshwater Biology Association.
^ Streble, H. & Krauter, D. (1988). Das Leben im Wassertropfen. Stuttgart: Franckh. pp. 268–269.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Müller, Otto Friedrich (1774). "Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Vol. primi pars altera". Havniae et Lipsiae. 4: 65–66 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.