A revision of the genus Cheliplana de Beauchamp, 1927 (Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchia), with the description of six new species
Author
Gobert, Stefan
0000-0003-1949-9174
Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Universitaire Campus Gebouw D, B- 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. & stefan. gobert @ uhasselt. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1949 - 9174
stefan.gobert@uhasselt.be
Author
Diez, Yander L.
0000-0001-8741-4799
Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Universitaire Campus Gebouw D, B- 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. & University of Oriente, Departement of Biology and Geography, Avenida Patricio Lumumba s / n, CP 90500, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre, Departments of Botany and Zoology, University of British Columbia, 3529 - 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V 6 T 1 Z 4 Canada. & yander @ uo. edu. cu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8741 - 4799
yander@uo.edu.cu
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Monnens, Marlies
0000-0002-9133-1512
Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Universitaire Campus Gebouw D, B- 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. & marlies. monnens @ uhasselt. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9133 - 1512
marlies.monnens@uhasselt.be
Author
Reygel, Patrick
0000-0001-8721-6290
Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Universitaire Campus Gebouw D, B- 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. & patrick. reygel @ uhasselt. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8721 - 6290
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Author
Van Steenkiste, Niels W. L.
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niels.vansteenkiste@botany.ubc.ca
Author
Leander, Brian S.
0000-0003-0798-0470
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bleander@mail.ubc.ca
Author
Artois, Tom
Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Universitaire Campus Gebouw D, B- 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-17
4970
3
453
494
journal article
6258
10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.2
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Cheliplana evdonini
Karling, 1983
Material examined
. None.
Known distribution
. Tekslo Island,
Hordaland Fylke
,
Norway
(
Karling 1983
).
Remarks (summarised from literature)
. The long prepharyngeal cavity is armed with spines. The proboscis bears a pair of 16-µm-long hooks.A pair of soft, terminally enlarged, rod-shaped sidepieces is present. Each sidepiece bears a single, long bristle. A single testis is situated alongside the pharynx and a single vas deferens connects the testis to an unpaired seminal vesicle, which has an elongated, winding shape. The copulatory bulb is ~60 μm long and 30 μm wide. Proximally, it contains a globular prostatic vesicle, which empties distally into the armed cirrus. Three parts can be distinguished on the cirrus: (1) a short, proximal, tubular part, ~20 μm long and armed with very small, hair-like spines; (2) a girdle with five hooks, each ~13 μm long; (3) a wider, distal, tube-like part, measuring ~23 μm and armed with fine hooks of ~4–8 μm.
The bursa lies adjacent to the distal part of the cirrus. The vitellarium stretches out from the posterior end of the pharynx to the ovary.
Karling (1983)
mentions the excretory system, which is remarkably conspicuous compared to other schizorhynchs: he observed two lateral canals, which are interconnected through a transverse canal, located mid-body.