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“Genus Lyratoherpia Salvini-Plawen, 1978

Lyratoherpia Salvini-Plawen, 1978. Zoologica, 44 (128): 34.

TYPE SPECIES: Lyratoherpia carinata Salvini-Plawen, 1978.

With at least two types of scales. Mouth separated from the atrium. Radula-plates with four denticles, the two inner ones medially curved. Midgut with lateral constrictions. Secondary genital opening unpaired. With dorsoterminal sense organ. Without copulatory stylets and respiratory organs.”

(García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 87)

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author
García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 87
project
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Antarctic Invertebrates