Report on freshwater Catenulida (Platyhelminthes) from Sweden with the description of four new species
Author
Larsson, Karolina
Author
Willems, Wim
text
Zootaxa
2010
2396
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.193965
38d7b0ca-ac3c-4c22-8a28-fa4034b43e03
1175-5326
193965
Catenula lemnae
Dugès, 1832
(
Fig. 5
K, 6 A)
Localities.
Loc. 1, 13, 22, 27, 32, 33.
Known distribution.
Europe, Siberia,
Japan
, N
America
,
Brazil
(see
Luther 1960
and references therein),
Argentina
(
Noreña-Janssen 1995
).
Material.
Several individuals studied alive.
Description and remarks.
Identification is confirmed based on habitus of live specimens and general morphology, both corresponding to the description and illustration, given by
Luther (1960)
.
C. lemnae
was very often found in large quantities.
Luther (1960)
mentioned that Karling once found
C. lemnae
in
Sweden
, but unfortunately this was never properly documented.