Hofsteniidae

Hofsteniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Xenacoelomorpha
Order:	Acoela
Infraorder:	Prosopharyngida
Family:	Hofsteniidae; Bock, 1923

Hofsteniidae is a family of acoels. This family contains seven species in three genera.

This worm ranges in size from 100 μm for embryos to 500 μm for adults, and exhibits "whole-body regeneration" capability, where entire body parts regenerate when removed from the body. They have a simple nervous system and a bowel sac with no way out.

Genera

There are three genera in the family Hofsteniidae.

Hofstenia Bock, 1923
Hofsteniola Papi, 1957
Marcusiola Steinböck, 1966

Species

There are seven species in the family Hofsteniidae.

Name	Image	Distribution	Description
Hofstenia arabiensis Beltagi & Mandura, 1991
Hofstenia atroviridis Bock, 1923
Hofstenia beltagii Steinböck, 1966
Hofstenia miamia Correa, 1960 ('three-banded panther worm')
Hofstenia minuta Palombi, 1928
Hofsteniola pardii Papi, 1957
Marcusiola tinga (Marcus, 1957)

Notes

↑ A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

References

1 2 3 Seth Tyler (2010). "Hofsteniidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
↑ Srivastava, Mansi; Mazza-Curll, Kathleen L.; van Wolfswinkel, Josien C.; Reddien, Peter W. (2014-05-19). "Whole-Body Acoel Regeneration Is Controlled by Wnt and Bmp-Admp Signaling". Current Biology. 24 (10): 1107–1113. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.042. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 24768051. S2CID 7639757.
↑ Gehrke, Andrew R.; Neverett, Emily; Luo, Yi-Jyun; Brandt, Alexander; Ricci, Lorenzo; Hulett, Ryan E.; Gompers, Annika; Ruby, J. Graham; Rokhsar, Daniel S.; Reddien, Peter W.; Srivastava, Mansi (2019-03-15). "Acoel genome reveals the regulatory landscape of whole-body regeneration". Science. 363 (6432). doi:10.1126/science.aau6173. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 30872491.

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[4] A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

[WORMS-1] 1 2 3 Seth Tyler (2010). "Hofsteniidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 16, 2019.

[2] Srivastava, Mansi; Mazza-Curll, Kathleen L.; van Wolfswinkel, Josien C.; Reddien, Peter W. (2014-05-19). "Whole-Body Acoel Regeneration Is Controlled by Wnt and Bmp-Admp Signaling". Current Biology. 24 (10): 1107–1113. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.042. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 24768051. S2CID 7639757.

[3] Gehrke, Andrew R.; Neverett, Emily; Luo, Yi-Jyun; Brandt, Alexander; Ricci, Lorenzo; Hulett, Ryan E.; Gompers, Annika; Ruby, J. Graham; Rokhsar, Daniel S.; Reddien, Peter W.; Srivastava, Mansi (2019-03-15). "Acoel genome reveals the regulatory landscape of whole-body regeneration". Science. 363 (6432). doi:10.1126/science.aau6173. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 30872491.