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with a single seminal vesicle?; slender pointed needles that are 25-Mm long, and are 6-Mm wide at the base. No data on the living animal.
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<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA89036FC4B52A42785" box="[561,714,961,983]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">S. maxillaria</emphasis>
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.
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Drawings from the living animals, except for
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. One whole mount of each species (designated as
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, QM G 230108230111). Sections of one individual of
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of very poor quality, and without relevant information (except the epidermis) (UH 393).
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The genus name refers to the serrate end of the needles in two of the species (Latin
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: little saw). The species epithet of
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refers to the place where it has been found; that of
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refers to the co-occurrence with many shells (Latin
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: shell); the needles of
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show some resemblance to the maxillae of crustaceans; the needles of
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are very slender and pointed (Latin
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: pointed).
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<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA892A3F9805142224D" box="[164,300,1545,1566]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">Description:</emphasis>
These four species are described from only one living individual of each species, and from the whole mounts. Therefore, our knowledge of a number of important characters is lacking. Nevertheless, we consider it worthwhile to describe them, hoping that more abundant material may be found in the future.
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The four species are relatively small: only about 1-mm long. They have the usual anterior sensory bristles, but also have long bristles at the caudal end.
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also has prominent adhesive papillae (
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,
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). The precerebral gut diverticle reaches far in front of the statocyst in
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, whereas it ends roughly above the statocyst in
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and
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<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA89172FC0D547A27CA" box="[885,1044,900,921]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">S. maxillaria</emphasis>
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(and is unknown in
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). Cnidocysts were seen in the anterior part of the gut in
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<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA8913DFC4B53BD2785" box="[826,979,961,983]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">S. maxillaria</emphasis>
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.
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<subSubSection id="C311B3CEFF97FFA89154FC6955CC233E" pageId="9" pageNumber="768" type="discussion">
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The globular and ventrally directed pharynx is placed at the first quarter of the body; the ovaries, located anterior to the pharynx, are preceded by a single pair of testes. All vitellarian follicles are behind the pharynx, and the posteriormost follicles are found in front of the copulatory bursa in
<taxonomicName id="4C0B9BC6FF97FFA896C9FBF0550820DD" box="[1230,1382,1145,1166]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Meidiamidae" genus="Serrula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Seriata" pageId="9" pageNumber="768" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="byronensis">
<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA896C9FBF0550820DD" box="[1230,1382,1145,1166]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">S. byronensis</emphasis>
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, and in front of the copulatory organ in the other species. The female pore is located at some distance behind the seminal vesicle (
<figureCitation id="1330FCC0FF97FFA8962FFB5C541720B8" box="[1064,1145,1237,1259]" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="11.[164,243,1031,1050]" captionTargetBox="[385,1221,197,999]" captionTargetId="graphics-0@11.[385,1220,198,999]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 14. Posteriormost body part in live animals. A, Serrula byronensis sp. nov.; B, Serrula maxillaria sp. nov.; C, Serrula concharum sp. nov. Refer to the Appendix for a list of abbreviations." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4635066" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4635066/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
). The copulatory organ is directed forwards, with a small prostate vesicle on which the two needles are attached.
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<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA8970BFA9B53FC2116" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">Serrula concharum</emphasis>
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has a pair of seminal vesicles; the other species have an unpaired seminal vesicle. Only in
<taxonomicName id="4C0B9BC6FF97FFA8978DFAC6531421D0" class="Rhabditophora" family="Meidiamidae" genus="Serrula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Seriata" pageId="9" pageNumber="768" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="byron">
<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA8978DFAC6531421D0" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">S. byron</emphasis>
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has a prepenial copulatory bursa been observed, with a vagina just in front of the copulatory organ. We could not determine whether the vagina and the male pore are combined or not. As far as the whole mount reveals,
<taxonomicName id="4C0B9BC6FF97FFA89647FA6154CC21AD" authorityName="Schockaert &amp; Curini-Galletti &amp; Ridder &amp; Volonterio &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2009" box="[1088,1186,1512,1534]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Meidiamidae" genus="Serrula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Seriata" pageId="9" pageNumber="768" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="acuta">
<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA89647FA6154CC21AD" box="[1088,1186,1512,1534]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">S. acuta</emphasis>
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has a single seminal vesicle, whereas a copulatory bursa is absent. Without sections, it cannot be said if a genitointestinal connection or a resorbing bursa is present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB4E045FF97FFA89154F9EB55CC233E" blockId="9.[826,1442,839,1901]" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">
The hard parts of the copulatory organ (
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) consist of two spines that we interpret as the equivalent of the needles in the male atrium of the other representatives of
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. Except in
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<emphasis id="B97F3C57FF97FFA89702F936550F2287" box="[1285,1377,1727,1748]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="768">S. acuta</emphasis>
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, each of the two needles sits on a base, evidently formed by two muscles that flank the prostate vesicle at either side. Because of the lack of sections, the hypothesis that these bases are muscles is yet to be confirmed. The form and size of the needles are given in the diagnoses.
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