A new marine flatworm (Plathelminthes: Rhabditophora: Otoplanidae) from the Ligurian coast

Autor:	M. Melai, A. Lanfranchi
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Flatworm Subfamily biology Fauna royalty.order_of_chivalry Zoology royalty Anatomy Aquatic Science biology.organism_classification Otoplanidae boats Marine biodiversity Rhabditophora boats.ship_class Proseriata Taxonomy (biology)
Zdroj:	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90:423-427
ISSN:	1469-7769 0025-3154
DOI:	10.1017/s0025315409990427
Popis:	The morphology and taxonomy of a new species of otoplanid (Plathelminthes: Rhabditophora: Proseriata) is discussed. Otoplana proxima sp. nov., collected at Marina di Bibbona (Livorno), presents the typical morphological peculiarities of the subfamily Otoplaninae, but clearly differs from the previously described species with regard to the organization of the genital organs. The new flatworm appears more similar to Otoplana intermedia, but differs sharply in its body length and male copulatory organ made up of 23–24 pliable spines (42–70 μm long) characterized by a forked tip and a canaliculated proximal end.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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