Tajikacelis macrostomoides Curini-Galletti & Schockaert 2021
- Dataset
- Six new species ofArchimonocelididae Meixner, 1938 (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata) from the Pacific, with proposal of a new genus
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Curini-Galletti, Marco, Schockaert, Ernest R. (2021): Six new species ofArchimonocelididae Meixner, 1938 (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata) from the Pacific, with proposal of a new genus. Zootaxa 4965 (3): 515-528, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.3.6
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- class
- Rhabditophora
- order
- Seriata
- family
- Archimonocelididae
- genus
- Tajikacelis
- species
- Tajikacelis macrostomoides
description
(Fig. 1 B, 2 B, 4 A – D, 10 B)
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Species of Tajikacelis with a strongly curved stylet, 45 – 49 μm long (N = 3), with a proximal opening of 13 – 16 μm, narrowing to about 5 μm at around 1 / 3 of its length and 3 – 4 μm wide at the distal end, which is truncated. The testes are packed in two rows with 7 – 8 pairs in front of the ovaries and more than 30 pairs between the level of the ovaries and the basis of the pharynx. Female duct muscular prepenially and widened postpenially; a vagina was not seen. Occurrence. Arrawarra, NSW, Australia in poorly sorted coarse sand in a permanent tide pool among rocks S. of the headland (30 ° 03 ’ 38.8 ” S; 153 ° 12 ’ 12.8 ” E) (type locality) (30 October 1997 by E. R. S). Kirra Beach, Queensland, Australia (28 ° 09 ’ 58.7 ” S; 153 ° 31 ’ 58.2 ” E), lower intertidal close to rocks, medium-coarse sand (30 August 1996 by M. C-G.).
etymology
Etymology. The specific epithet reflects the similarity between the stylet of the new species and those of many species of Macrostomum Schmidt 1848 (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomida).
materials_examined
Material studied. Three animals studied alive and mounted, one of which holotype (QM G 238522), the remaining paratypes (CZM 824 - 825). One animal studied alive and mounted as whole mount from Kirra Beach (CZM 826).