Convoluta convoluta

Convoluta convoluta
	C. convoluta with a coin 19 mm in diameter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Xenacoelomorpha
Order:	Acoela
Family:	Convolutidae
Genus:	Convoluta
Species:	C. convoluta
Binomial name
	Convoluta convoluta; Peter Christian Abildgaard, 1806. In: O.F. Müller, Zoologia Danica, 4.
Synonyms
	List Convoluta albicincta; Schultze, 1851; Convoluta armata; Graff, 1874; Convoluta diesingii; Schmidt, 1852; Convoluta haustrum; Dalyell, 1853; Convoluta infundibulum; Schmidt, 1861; Convoluta johnstoni; Diesing, 1862; Convoluta paradoxa; Ørsted, 1843; Monotus albicinctus (Schultze, 1849); Monotus diesingi Schmidt, 1861; Monotus johnstoni Diesing, 1862 (nomen nudum); Monotus paradoxa; Claperede, 1861; Planaria convoluta; Abildgaard, 1806;

Convoluta convoluta is a small acoel in the family Convolutidae. Native to the Baltic Sea, it invaded the Gulf of Maine in the late 1990s.^[2]

Impact and ecology in the Gulf of Maine

Convoluta convoluta

C. convoluta with a coin 19 mm in diameter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Xenacoelomorpha
Order:	Acoela
Family:	Convolutidae
Genus:	Convoluta
Species:	C. convoluta
Binomial name
*Convoluta convoluta* Peter Christian Abildgaard, 1806. In: O.F. Müller, Zoologia Danica, 4.
Synonyms^[1]
List Convoluta albicincta Schultze, 1851 Convoluta armata Graff, 1874 Convoluta diesingii Schmidt, 1852 Convoluta haustrum Dalyell, 1853 Convoluta infundibulum Schmidt, 1861 Convoluta johnstoni Diesing, 1862 Convoluta paradoxa Ørsted, 1843 Monotus albicinctus (Schultze, 1849) Monotus diesingi Schmidt, 1861 Monotus johnstoni Diesing, 1862 (nomen nudum) Monotus paradoxa Claperede, 1861 Planaria convoluta Abildgaard, 1806