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 macrura
Marcus, 1945
b
(
Fig. 5
J, 6 C)
Locality.
Loc. 12.
Known distribution.
Brazil
(
Marcus 1945b
),
Finland
(
Luther 1960
).
Material.
Two individuals studied alive and preserved in ethanol for DNA-sequencing.
Description and remarks.
This species, which is superficially similar to
C. lemnae
, is easily recognisable by the presence of a very narrow tail-like posterior end (see
Marcus 1945b
,
Luther 1960
).