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Dahescolex
Taxonomy
Dahescolex was named by Shao et al. (2020). Its type is Dahescolex kuanchuanpuensis.
It was assigned to Cycloneuralia by Shao et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Cycloneuralia by Shao et al. (2020).
Species
D. kuanchuanpuensis (type species)
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2026-04-28; modified by P. Wagner on 2026-04-28
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Dahescolex Shao et al. p. 2 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| T. Shao et al. 2020 | Body bi-partite, composed of an anterior part, the proboscis and a posterior part, the trunk; proboscis composed of an anterior region, the teeth-bearing pharynx, and a tubular posterior region, the introvert, with at least eight circlets of spine-shaped, internally hollow scalids; scalids arranged in longitudinal rows; between every two rows of scalids there are additional two longitudinal rows of relatively small scalids, extending only from the second to the fifth circlets; trunk with at least six annuli, each with an annular ring of spinose sclerites. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available