On the genus Typhlopolycystis Karling, 1956 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae), with data on the five known species and the description of eleven new species
Author
Schockaert, Ernest R.
Author
Moons, Patricia
Author
Janssen, Toon
Author
Tessens, Bart S.
Author
Reygel, Patrick C.
Author
Revis, Nathalie
Author
Jouk, Philippe E. H.
Author
Willems, Wim R.
Author
Artois, Tom J.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-08
4603
1
81
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journal article
26901
10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.4
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Typhlopolycystis microphthalma
n. sp Schockaert, Revis and Jouk.
(
Fig. 3
)
Diagnosis
. Species of
Typhlopolycystis
,
2 mm
long with a proboscis of 1/6–1/5 of body length and very small eyes, with only 13–15 pigment granules each, and closer to each other than to the body rim. Prostate vesicle and accessory secretion vesicle well developed and with a large seminal vesicle. The prostate stylet is a short and straight gutter, thickened at its closed side and
30 µm
long; the accessory stylet is a slightly curved, sharp ending tube of
78 µm
, both sitting on a ring with a diameter of about
40 µm
over its largest cross section.
Occurrence
.
France
:
Cerbère
,
Cap Peyrefitte
, sandy bottom, coarse sand with shell debris and silt,
21 m
deep
42°27’24.8”N
,
3°10’19.7E
(by
Revis
&
Jouk
,
16 July 2012
) (
Type
Locality)
.
Material studied.
One animal studied alive, photographed and mounted (
holotype
SMNH nr 8915).
Etymology
. The species epithet refers to the very small eyes.