<documentid="10226FFB038DAA41A9174622448B5D17"ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.4689879"ID-GBIF-Dataset="cccd251f-0aff-456c-aecc-5eccc5824fe8"ID-ISSN="1638-9387"ID-Zenodo-Dep="4689879"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="juliana"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="admin"IM.treatments_approvedBy="admin"checkinTime="1618437896095"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Biseswar, Ramlall"docDate="2006"docId="03F53669FFE4FFFDFD50BC6C2209C29C"docLanguage="en"docName="Zoosystema.28.4.853-864.pdf"docOrigin="Zoosystema 28 (4)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:2A9C6F9EA5F90D98170D9E0D9CA29375.4:Zoosystema.2000-2008.journal_article.type1"docStyleId="2A9C6F9EA5F90D98170D9E0D9CA29375"docStyleName="Zoosystema.2000-2008.journal_article.type1"docStyleVersion="4"docTitle="Jakobia similaris DattaGupta 1981"docType="treatment"docVersion="7"lastPageNumber="856"masterDocId="FFCC4E11FFE6FFFEFFBCB83C205BC137"masterDocTitle="Additions to the deep-sea echiuran (Echiura) fauna of the North-East Atlantic"masterLastPageNumber="864"masterPageNumber="853"pageNumber="855"updateTime="1720370326658"updateUser="admin"zenodo-license-document="CC0-1.0"zenodo-license-figures="CC0-1.0"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:affiliationid="965AC5BAE36DE32D5FC788B28A7F32AC">School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag x 54001, Durban 4000 (Republic of South Africa) moodleygk @ ukzn. ac. za</mods:affiliation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFCDFA8EFFE4FFFCFC15BC732429C55E"author="DATTAGUPTA A. K."box="[937,1138,1103,1129]"pageId="2"pageNumber="855"pagination="353 - 378"refId="ref6182"refString="DATTAGUPTA A. K. 1981. - Atlantic echiurans. Part 1. Report on twenty-two species of deep-sea echiurans of the North and the South Atlantic Oceans. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris, 4 e ser., sect. A, 3 (2): 353 - 378."type="journal article"year="1981">DattaGupta, 1981</bibRefCitation>
Colour of preserved specimen is grey. Only basal stump of proboscis is still attached to trunk, rest is missing.Mouth opens on round muscular projection (
<figureCitationid="13679BFAFFE4FFFCFD16BD90235AC4F1"box="[682,769,1452,1478]"captionStart="FIG"captionStartId="4.[113,124,1612,1629]"captionTargetBox="[130,1170,245,1547]"captionTargetId="figure-14@4.[104,1200,125,1554]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIG. 1. — A, B, Charcotus charcotus DattaGupta, 1981; A, ventral view of anterior part of female; B, gonoduct; C, D, Jakobia similaris DattaGupta,1981;C, ventral view of anterior part of female;D, gonoduct;E-H, Jakobia densopapillata n. sp.;E, ventral view of anterior part of female; F, G, gonoducts;H, anal vesicle.Abbreviations:av, anal vesicle;gd, gonoduct;gp, gonopore;gs, gonostome;nc, nerve cord; pr, proboscis; re, rectum. Scale bars: A, 4 mm; B, 0.5 mm; C, F, 3 mm; D, G, 1 mm; E, H, 2 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4689881"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4689881/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="855">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
). Anterior half of trunk is considerably distended, posterior half is narrow about
across broadest part. Integument is thin and transparent. Papillae microscopic at anterior end, rest of trunk is smooth. Gonopore is located a few millimetres away from anterior tip of trunk (
<figureCitationid="13679BFAFFE4FFFCFBBFBE56240CC7B3"box="[1027,1111,1642,1668]"captionStart="FIG"captionStartId="4.[113,124,1612,1629]"captionTargetBox="[130,1170,245,1547]"captionTargetId="figure-14@4.[104,1200,125,1554]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIG. 1. — A, B, Charcotus charcotus DattaGupta, 1981; A, ventral view of anterior part of female; B, gonoduct; C, D, Jakobia similaris DattaGupta,1981;C, ventral view of anterior part of female;D, gonoduct;E-H, Jakobia densopapillata n. sp.;E, ventral view of anterior part of female; F, G, gonoducts;H, anal vesicle.Abbreviations:av, anal vesicle;gd, gonoduct;gp, gonopore;gs, gonostome;nc, nerve cord; pr, proboscis; re, rectum. Scale bars: A, 4 mm; B, 0.5 mm; C, F, 3 mm; D, G, 1 mm; E, H, 2 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4689881"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4689881/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="855">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
Internally, single gonoduct is located on right side of nerve cord. Gonoduct consists of two sharply bent sections with gonostome directed anteriorly (
<figureCitationid="13679BFAFFE5FFFDFFC6B90B2094C066"box="[122,207,311,337]"captionStart="FIG"captionStartId="4.[113,124,1612,1629]"captionTargetBox="[130,1170,245,1547]"captionTargetId="figure-14@4.[104,1200,125,1554]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIG. 1. — A, B, Charcotus charcotus DattaGupta, 1981; A, ventral view of anterior part of female; B, gonoduct; C, D, Jakobia similaris DattaGupta,1981;C, ventral view of anterior part of female;D, gonoduct;E-H, Jakobia densopapillata n. sp.;E, ventral view of anterior part of female; F, G, gonoducts;H, anal vesicle.Abbreviations:av, anal vesicle;gd, gonoduct;gp, gonopore;gs, gonostome;nc, nerve cord; pr, proboscis; re, rectum. Scale bars: A, 4 mm; B, 0.5 mm; C, F, 3 mm; D, G, 1 mm; E, H, 2 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4689881"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4689881/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="856">Fig. 1D</figureCitation>
). Neurointestinal vessel is single throughout. Segment of gut between mouth and point of attachment of neurointestinal vessel is very long. Cloacal chamber is thick and bulbous.