“ Microturbellarian ” flatworms (Platyhelminthes) from freshwater pools: New species and records from Israel
Author
Noreña, Carolina
Author
Eitam, Avi
Author
Blaustein, Leon
text
Zootaxa
2008
1705
1
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.180877
aabd3c50-0660-40bb-823b-d4f5fdf46918
1175-5326
180877
Gieysztoria ornata
(Hofsten, 1907)
(Figure 3)
Synonyms:
Dalyellia ornata
Hofsten, 1907
Microdalyellia ornata
Gieysztor, 1938
Locality.
Temporary pools on Mount Kavul and Mount Shekhanya, Lower Galilee.
Material.
Many individuals. Live observations, squash preparations, whole-mounted individual.
Ecological features.
Gieysztoria ornata
dwells in temporary pools with dense vegetation and also in cold lakes in the northern regions of Europe (
Luther, 1955
). In
Israel
,
G. ornata
was found in pools without vegetation, some with filamentous algae (
March 2000
,
January 2001
,
February–April 2002
).
Gieysztoria ornata
is known from Europe,
Greenland
and
Brazil
(
Steinböck, 1932
;
Marcus, 1946
;
Luther, 1955
;
Gamo & Leal-Zanchet, 2004
).
G. ornata
was reported from
Israel
for the first time by Eitam
et al
.