Cheliplana curacaoensis Gobert & Diez & Monnens & Reygel & Van Steenkiste & Leander & Artois 2021, n. sp. ...

Cheliplana curacaoensis n. sp. Van Steenkiste & Leander Fig. 5 Etymology. The species epithet refers to the island of Curaçao, where the species was found. Material examined. Holotype. CURAÇAO • 1 whole mount; Boka Samí, Sint Michielsbaai; 12°08’52”N, 68°59’56”W; 21 Apr. 2018; coarse sand with some organic material in permanent, shallow pool; MI4182. Other material. CURAÇAO • 1 whole mount; The Water Factory; 12°06’39”N, 68°57’29”W; 19 Apr. 2016; coral sand between coral at about 7 m deep; MI4183. Description. Live specimens are very large, up to 2 mm long and pink to orange in colour (Fig... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Gobert, Stefan
Diez, Yander L.
Monnens, Marlies
Reygel, Patrick
Van Steenkiste, Niels W. L.
Leander, Brian S.
Artois, Tom
Dokumenttyp: Text
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Verlag/Hrsg.: Zenodo
Schlagwörter: Biodiversity / Taxonomy / Animalia / Platyhelminthes / Rhabditophora / Rhabdocoela / Karkinorhynchidae / Cheliplana / Cheliplana curacaoensis
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29389784
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4912309

Cheliplana curacaoensis n. sp. Van Steenkiste & Leander Fig. 5 Etymology. The species epithet refers to the island of Curaçao, where the species was found. Material examined. Holotype. CURAÇAO • 1 whole mount; Boka Samí, Sint Michielsbaai; 12°08’52”N, 68°59’56”W; 21 Apr. 2018; coarse sand with some organic material in permanent, shallow pool; MI4182. Other material. CURAÇAO • 1 whole mount; The Water Factory; 12°06’39”N, 68°57’29”W; 19 Apr. 2016; coral sand between coral at about 7 m deep; MI4183. Description. Live specimens are very large, up to 2 mm long and pink to orange in colour (Fig. 5A). No haptic girdle was observed. The proboscis (p, Fig. 5A) is armed with a pair of smooth, 28-μm-long, curved hooks and 15- μm-long hook supports. Sidepieces were not observed. The mouth opening is positioned shortly behind the proboscis and connected to the barrel-shaped pharynx (ph, Fig. 5A) through a long, seemingly unarmed, prepharyngeal tube. Intestine very dark and occupying the third quarter of the body ... : Published as part of Gobert, Stefan, Diez, Yander L., Monnens, Marlies, Reygel, Patrick, Van Steenkiste, Niels W. L., Leander, Brian S. & Artois, Tom, 2021, A revision of the genus Cheliplana de Beauchamp, 1927 (Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchia), with the description of six new species, pp. 453-494 in Zootaxa 4970 (3) on pages 463-464, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4766692 ...