Brachyrhynchus n. gen. n. sp., a new genus of Polycystididae Graff, 1905 (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia), with the description of three new species from the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean
Author
Artois, Tom
Author
Willems, Wim
Author
Reygel, Patrick
Author
Schockaert, Ernest
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Zootaxa
2013
3635
2
127
136
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3635.2.3
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Brachyrhynchus
n. gen.
Artois & Schockaert
Etymology.
The genus name refers to the very short proboscis. Brachys (Gr.): short; rhynchos (Gr.): snout.
Diagnosis.
Polycystididae
with a very small proboscis, only about 5–10% of the body length long. Proboscis with three pairs of proboscis retractors and two pairs of integument retractors. Gonads paired. Copulatory organ of the conjuncta-simplex
type
(prostate vesicle
type
IV), with a single-walled prostate stylet of
type
IV. Male system with two accessory glandular organs, each connected to a single-walled accessory stylet. Female system with a female duct of
type
I, connecting the common genital atrium with the bursa. Common oviduct doubled, each part connecting one of the oviducts to the bursa. Oviducts join each other to form a female duct of
type
II, which itself joins the uterus to form a ductus utero-communis ending in the common genital atrium. Genital atrium extremely long and narrow, ending in the gonopore, which is situated ventrally, subterminally.
Type
species.
Brachyrhynchus triplostylis
n. sp.
by original designation.
Other species.
Brachyrhynchus acutus
n. sp.
and
Brachyrhynchus oosterlyncki
n. sp.