Actinoposthiidae is a family of acoels.Nilsson, K.S., Wallberg, A., & Jondelius, U. (2011). "New species of Acoela from the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the South Pacific." Zootaxa 2867: 1-31.
Taxonomy Genera The following genera are recognised in the family Actinoposthiidae:
Actinoposthia An der Lan, 1936 Alluna Faubel & Regier, 1983 Archactinoposthia Dörjes, 1968 Atriofronta Dörjes, 1968 Childianea Faubel & Cameron, 2001 Microposthia Faubel, 1974 Paractinoposthia Ehlers & Dörjes, 1981 Paraproporus Westblad, 1945 Pseudactinoposthia Dörjes, 1968 Tetraposthia An der Lan, 1936
Species There are 21 species recognised in the family Actinoposthiidae.
Name Image Distribution Description Actinoposthia beklemischevi Mamkaev, 1965Russia Actinoposthia biaculeata Faubel, 1974Sylt, Germany Actinoposthia caudata An der Lan, 1936Greenland Actinoposthia longa Faubel, 1976Sylt Actinoposthia pigmentea Faubel, 1976North Sea Archactinoposthia pelophila Dörjes, 1968Germany Atriofronta polyvacuola Dörjes, 1968Germany Childianea coomerensis Faubel & Cameron, 2001Australia Microposthia listensis Faubel, 1974Sylt Paractinoposthia pseudovesicula (Ehlers & Doerjes, 1979)Ecuador Paraproporus diovatus Dörjes, 1968Germany Paraproporus elegans (An der Lan, 1936)Greenland Paraproporus rosettiforme Faubel, 1974 Paraproporus rosettiformis Faubel, 1974Sylt Paraproporus rubescens Westblad, 1945Croatia, Sweden Paraproporus xanthus Marcus, 1950Brazil Pseudactinoposthia daena (Marcus, 1954)Brazil Pseudactinoposthia granaria Dörjes, 1968Germany Pseudactinoposthia parva Ehlers & Doerjes, 1979Ecuador Pseudactinoposthia saltans Dörjes, 1968Germany Tetraposthia colymbetes An der Lan, 1936Greenland
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