Gononemertes australiensis

Gononemertes australiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nemertea
Class: Enopla
Order: Monostilifera
Family: Prosorhochmidae
Genus: Gononemertes
Species: G. australiensis
Binomial name
Gononemertes australiensis
Gibson, 1974

Gononemertes australiensis is a parasitic ribbon worm.[1] It lives commensally in the ascidian Pyura pachydermatina (found in the sublittoral waters of the Sydney region of New South Wales), specifically in its atrium.[2] It is dioecious and has several gonads. Each of its gonads produce several oocytes while the male worms carry testes along its parenchyma. Fertilization is external.[2]

References

  1. Gibson, Ray (1974). "A new species of commensal hoplonemertean from Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 55 (3): 247–266. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1974.tb01647.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
  2. 1 2 Egan, EA; Anderson, DT (1979). "The Reproduction of the Entozoic Nemertean Gononemertes australiensis Gibson (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea : Monostylifera)�Gonads, Gametes, Embryonic Development and Larval Development". Marine and Freshwater Research. 30 (5): 661. doi:10.1071/MF9790661. ISSN 1323-1650. replacement character in |title= at position 119 (help)


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