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Brand et al. (2022) propose (p. 12) that Bradburia is currently not well supported and that its species will likely be placed in Macrostomum once molecular-sequence analysis becomes available. This argument is based, in part, on the fact that there is a clade in the genus Macrostomum, which includes Macrostomum evelinae, in which most species also have lateral protrusions on the stylet.
Brand, J. N.; Viktorin, G.; Wiberg, R. A. W.; Beisel, C.; Schärer, L. (2022). Large-scale phylogenomics of the genus Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes) reveals cryptic diversity and novel sexual traits. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 166: 107296.
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