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<mods:titleid="8D27009AC1D8FE0E20652E618892E67D">The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="3C3931AB41F0BE006E3751800142495A">Doctorado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias, Área Ciencias Biológico Agropecuaria y Pesquera, Ciudad de la cultura “ Amado Nervo ”, Tepic, Nayarit, 63000, Mexico. & Laboratorio de Sistemática de Invertebrados Marinos (LABSIM), Universidad del Mar, campus Puerto Ángel, Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, 70902, Mexico.</mods:affiliation>
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. Subsequently,
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species, based on an unarmed penis papilla; however,
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conducted a detailed review of the reproductive system of the species and observed the presence of a small sclerotized area in the internal ejaculatory duct. Based on this character, they transferred the species back to the genus