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
Author
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
patrick.reygel@uhasselt.be
Author
Van Steenkiste, Niels W. L.
0000-0002-2676-7862
niels. vansteenkiste @ botany. ubc. ca; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2676 - 7862
niels.vansteenkiste@botany.ubc.ca
Author
Leander, Brian S.
0000-0003-0798-0470
bleander @ mail. ubc. ca; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0798 - 0470
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
281c9017-f55b-47bf-bea0-e511a7173605
1175-5326
4766692
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Cheliplana spuriaseminalis
Diez, Reygel & Artois, 2019
Material examined.
None.
Known distribution
. Bueycabón,
Cuba
(
Diez
et al.
2019
).
Remarks (summarised from literature)
. Specimens are pinkish and have a body length of
0.9–1 mm
when whole mounted. The proboscis is armed with 16-µm-long, curved hooks. The muscular hook supports measure
5 µm
. The spiny prepharyngeal cavity is twice as long as the pharynx.
A single testis lies caudally to the pharynx. Seminal vesicles are paired and empty proximally into the copulatory bulb. Only one seminal vesicle is functional and filled with sperm, the other one is atrophied, empty and not connected to the testis. The cylindrical, curved copulatory bulb (
83–105 µm
x
14–17 µm
) comprises the prostate vesicle, one or more accessory glands and a 31-µm-long, unarmed cirrus. Distally, the cirrus widens and is surrounded by longitudinal muscles.
The single ovary and bursa are positioned caudally to copulatory bulb. The bursa is connected to the common atrium and opens to the outside world through a vagina externa. The gonopore lies anterior to the vaginal opening.