Macrostomum lignano
Species of flatworm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macrostomum lignano[1] is a free-living, hermaphroditic flatworm. It is transparent and of small size (adults reaching about 1.7 mm), and is part of the intertidal sand meiofauna of the Adriatic Sea.[1] Originally a model organism for research on developmental biology[2] and the evolution of the bilaterian body plan,[3] it has since expanded to other important fields of research such as sexual selection and sexual conflicts,[4] ageing[5] and the evolution of the bilaterian body plan,[6] ecotoxicology,[7] and, more recently, genomics.[8]
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Macrostomum lignano | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Macrostomida |
Family: | Macrostomidae |
Genus: | Macrostomum |
Species: | M. lignano |
Binomial name | |
Macrostomum lignano Ladurner, Schärer, Salvenmoser, & Rieger, 2005[1] | |
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