Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species
Author
Artois, Tom J.
Author
Tessens, Bart S.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1849
1
27
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183373
0d7eca74-c851-4e3a-9503-9c3909a8ccc8
1175-5326
183373
Phonorhynchoides haegheni
Artois & Schockaert, 2001
(
Fig. 5
A–B)
Known distribution.
Florida (
USA
), S Hutchinson Island; Galapagos: several localities (
Artois & Schockaert 2001
).
New localities in the Indian Ocean.
South-west Sulawesi (
Indonesia
): Soreang, fine volcanic sand from the eulittoral (
27/09/1984
).
New localities outside the Indian Ocean.
Curaçao
: Playa Canoa, coarse, clean sand from a small beach sheltered from the waves by a rocky tongue of land (
10/12/1998
).
Material
. All material from the original description (see
Artois & Schockaert 2001
). Two animals studied alive and whole mounted, one from
Indonesia
and one from
Curaçao
.
Remarks
. The (damaged) prostate stylet
type
IV of the Indonesian specimen is 55 µm long and proximally 9 µm wide, tapering to 4 µm distally. The accessory stylet
type
IV of this specimen is 174 µm long, resulting in a stylet/accessory stylet ratio of ± 1/3. The specimen from
Curaçao
has much longer stylets: prostate stylet
type
IV 92
µm long, 13 µm wide proximally, 7 µm distally; accessory stylet 269 µm long. The stylet/accessory stylet ratio, however, is the same as in the specimen from
Indonesia
: ± 1/3. The measurements on the new material more or less fit the range of variation observed earlier (see
Artois & Schockaert 2001
): stylet lengths of 87–98 µm (Florida) and 47–58 µm (Galapagos) and accessory stylets between 209–325 µm in length with those measured in the Florida specimens generally the largest. The relative length of the prostate stylet
type
IV (compared to the accessory stylet
type
IV) in the specimens from
Indonesia
and
Curaçao
(1/ 3) is identical to that of the Florida population (1/3), while that of the Galapagos population is a little shorter (1/5). In the living animals and in the whole mount of the specimen from
Curaçao
the muscular part of the bursa was clearly seen.
Discussion
. See the discussion after the description of
P. linguatus
.