<documentid="1DF81BCAA7FB791A04883795E1C1F39F"ID-CLB-Dataset="39620"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4028.2.1"ID-GBIF-Dataset="2baa825b-3af6-49ff-896e-f5cb990b4d62"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="240556"ID-ZooBank="D47167E0-5C14-47F9-B4AA-9E906D13DF89"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1461285037212"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="De Smet, Willem H."docDate="2015"docId="03995F13404EFFCBE2D206CA33B6FD6A"docLanguage="en"docName="zt04028p196.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 4028 (2)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Lindia aequorea Smet, 2015, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="11"lastPageNumber="173"masterDocId="FFA0276B405BFFDDE245020B372AFFA6"masterDocTitle="Rotifera from the Mediterranean Sea, with description of ten new species"masterLastPageNumber="196"masterPageNumber="151"pageNumber="172"updateTime="1732491063112"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<figureCitationid="130BF280404EFFC8E2DA06E837DFFB5A"box="[159,245,1251,1276]"captionStart="FIGURE 16"captionStartId="22.[151,250,1465,1487]"captionTargetBox="[174,1413,777,1442]"captionTargetId="figure@22.[167,1420,772,1444]"captionTargetPageId="22"captionText="FIGURE 16. Lindia aequorea sp. nov. A. Female, slightly twisted, head lateral, trunk ventral; B. tail, dorsal; C. tail, distal pseudosegment and toe, lateral; D. trophi, complete set, ventral; E. epipharynx; F. left manubrium, outer view; G. uncus with preuncinal tooth; H. subuncus. Scale bars: A − C: 50 µm; D − H: 10 µm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240572/files/figure.png"pageId="21"pageNumber="172">Figs 16</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="130BF280404EFFC8E34406EF3634FB5A"box="[257,286,1252,1276]"captionStart="FIGURE 17"captionStartId="23.[151,250,1451,1473]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1428]"captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,193,1429]"captionTargetPageId="23"captionText="FIGURE 17. Lindia aequorea sp. nov., SEM photographs of trophi. A. Complete set, ventral; B. same as A, frontal; C. complete set, lateral; D. epipharynx; E. left uncus, without preuncinal tooth and subuncus; F. right uncus, with preuncinal tooth and subuncus; G. left preuncinal tooth; H. right subuncus. Scale bars: 10 µm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240573/files/figure.png"pageId="21"pageNumber="172">17</figureCitation>
Foot a single pseudosegment. Manubria with stout hook-shaped cauda; unci composed of single blunt major tooth and acute minor tooth, a strong preuncinal tooth, and chisel-shaped subuncus; epipharynx butterflyshaped. Oviparous.
A female in a permanent, glycerine glass slide mount deposited in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (
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<emphasisid="B9443217404EFFC8E28204D036E4F952"bold="true"box="[199,462,1755,1780]"pageId="21"pageNumber="172">Description of female.</emphasis>
Body (
<figureCitationid="130BF280404EFFC8E06704D0355BF952"box="[546,625,1755,1780]"captionStart="FIGURE 16"captionStartId="22.[151,250,1465,1487]"captionTargetBox="[174,1413,777,1442]"captionTargetId="figure@22.[167,1420,772,1444]"captionTargetPageId="22"captionText="FIGURE 16. Lindia aequorea sp. nov. A. Female, slightly twisted, head lateral, trunk ventral; B. tail, dorsal; C. tail, distal pseudosegment and toe, lateral; D. trophi, complete set, ventral; E. epipharynx; F. left manubrium, outer view; G. uncus with preuncinal tooth; H. subuncus. Scale bars: A − C: 50 µm; D − H: 10 µm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240572/files/figure.png"pageId="21"pageNumber="172">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
A) elongate fusiform, transversal folds inconspicuous. Head indistinctly offset; auricles not seen. Tail (
<figureCitationid="130BF280404EFFC8E3A304F43511F8BE"box="[486,571,1791,1816]"captionStart="FIGURE 16"captionStartId="22.[151,250,1465,1487]"captionTargetBox="[174,1413,777,1442]"captionTargetId="figure@22.[167,1420,772,1444]"captionTargetPageId="22"captionText="FIGURE 16. Lindia aequorea sp. nov. A. Female, slightly twisted, head lateral, trunk ventral; B. tail, dorsal; C. tail, distal pseudosegment and toe, lateral; D. trophi, complete set, ventral; E. epipharynx; F. left manubrium, outer view; G. uncus with preuncinal tooth; H. subuncus. Scale bars: A − C: 50 µm; D − H: 10 µm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240572/files/figure.png"pageId="21"pageNumber="172">Figs 16</figureCitation>
B, C) hemispherical, bulging. Foot a single pseudosegment, short. Toes short, fairly robust, with short tubulus, conical in dorsal view, in lateral view dorsal margin slightly arched and ventral margin straight. Single eyespot, small. Retrocerebral sac hemispherical with few minute pigment granules. Vitellarium with 8 nuclei. Oviparous.
<figureCitationid="130BF280404EFFC8E3640584365FF80E"box="[289,373,1935,1960]"captionStart="FIGURE 16"captionStartId="22.[151,250,1465,1487]"captionTargetBox="[174,1413,777,1442]"captionTargetId="figure@22.[167,1420,772,1444]"captionTargetPageId="22"captionText="FIGURE 16. Lindia aequorea sp. nov. A. Female, slightly twisted, head lateral, trunk ventral; B. tail, dorsal; C. tail, distal pseudosegment and toe, lateral; D. trophi, complete set, ventral; E. epipharynx; F. left manubrium, outer view; G. uncus with preuncinal tooth; H. subuncus. Scale bars: A − C: 50 µm; D − H: 10 µm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240572/files/figure.png"pageId="21"pageNumber="172">Figs 16</figureCitation>
D −H, 17) with lyrate rami, with slender, long, caudally projecting sharp alulae; rami tips bifid, weakly revolved around axis. Strong broad ligaments connect both rami, and rami and manubria distally. Fulcrum plate-shaped, tapering distally. Ventral branch of manubria rod-shaped, short,
. 1/4 length shaft of manubrium; shaft of manubria stout, with broad hook-shaped caudum; ‘dorsal branch’ (expanded part of dorsal manubrium chamber) short, more or less semi-lunar; opening of dorsal chamber large, at inner side of manubrium; opening of medial and ventral chamber at outer side of manubrium, small and rounded in ventral chamber, somewhat larger and triangular in medial chamber. Unci with single, stout blunt tooth with stout preuncus (
<figureCitationid="130BF280404DFFCBE6E0030F33DDFEBA"box="[1189,1271,260,285]"captionStart="FIGURE 17"captionStartId="23.[151,250,1451,1473]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1428]"captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,193,1429]"captionTargetPageId="23"captionText="FIGURE 17. Lindia aequorea sp. nov., SEM photographs of trophi. A. Complete set, ventral; B. same as A, frontal; C. complete set, lateral; D. epipharynx; E. left uncus, without preuncinal tooth and subuncus; F. right uncus, with preuncinal tooth and subuncus; G. left preuncinal tooth; H. right subuncus. Scale bars: 10 µm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240573/files/figure.png"pageId="22"pageNumber="173">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
G), and lateral expansion with acute toothlet. Subuncus (
<figureCitationid="130BF280404DFFCBE037032C35E9FEE6"box="[626,707,295,320]"captionStart="FIGURE 17"captionStartId="23.[151,250,1451,1473]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1428]"captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,193,1429]"captionTargetPageId="23"captionText="FIGURE 17. Lindia aequorea sp. nov., SEM photographs of trophi. A. Complete set, ventral; B. same as A, frontal; C. complete set, lateral; D. epipharynx; E. left uncus, without preuncinal tooth and subuncus; F. right uncus, with preuncinal tooth and subuncus; G. left preuncinal tooth; H. right subuncus. Scale bars: 10 µm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240573/files/figure.png"pageId="22"pageNumber="173">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
H) a single, stout chisel-shaped element. Epipharynx (
<figureCitationid="130BF280404DFFCBE76B032C32AEFEE6"box="[1326,1412,295,320]"captionStart="FIGURE 16"captionStartId="22.[151,250,1465,1487]"captionTargetBox="[174,1413,777,1442]"captionTargetId="figure@22.[167,1420,772,1444]"captionTargetPageId="22"captionText="FIGURE 16. Lindia aequorea sp. nov. A. Female, slightly twisted, head lateral, trunk ventral; B. tail, dorsal; C. tail, distal pseudosegment and toe, lateral; D. trophi, complete set, ventral; E. epipharynx; F. left manubrium, outer view; G. uncus with preuncinal tooth; H. subuncus. Scale bars: A − C: 50 µm; D − H: 10 µm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240572/files/figure.png"pageId="22"pageNumber="173">Figs 16</figureCitation>
is unambiguously differentiated from its congeners (see
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) by the characteristic shape of the trophi, in particular the strong, terminally hook-shaped manubria and the butterflyshaped epipharynx. The only other