The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species
Author
Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela
E9D05B3F-CF64-48E3-B5ED-8D24E47F9D2A
Doctorado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias, Área Ciencias Biológico Agropecuaria y Pesquera, Ciudad de la cultura “ Amado Nervo ”, Tepic, Nayarit, 63000, Mexico. & Laboratorio de Sistemática de Invertebrados Marinos (LABSIM), Universidad del Mar, campus Puerto Ángel, Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, 70902, Mexico.
rmariela220@gmail.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-10-17
962
1
1
67
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2683/12419
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.962.2683
2118-9773
13947260
40171C5B-90EB-4641-91FF-EA8CA2C60D23
Bivesaculosuteri marcelae
Ramos-Sánchez,
Bahia
& Bastida-Zavala, 2019
Bivesaculosuteri marcelae
Ramos-Sánchez
et al.
, 2019: 37–41
, figs 4a–h, 5a–e, 6a–l (
type
locality: Agua Blanca Beach, Puerto Escondido,
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
).
Distribution
Agua Blanca Beach, Puerto Escondido,
Oaxaca
,
Mexico
.
Habitat
Epibiont (in
Padina
Adans.
–Jellyella
Taylor & Monks, 1997).
Remarks
Bivesaculosuteri
marcelae
is characterized by an oval to circular body, cerebral and tentacular eyes, absence of marginal eyes, and pyriform nuchal tentacles. The male reproductive system features a poorly differentiated interpolated prostatic vesicle, an oval and prominent seminal vesicle, spermiducal vesicles, and cylindrical sclerotized stylet with acicular tip. The female reproductive system features a uterine duct, a paired uterine sac, ovoid and strongly muscularized uterine vesicles, a muscularized vaginal pore located posteriorly to the female gonopore, a vaginal duct, an oval Lang’s vesicle, and poorly developed duct of Lang’s vesicle.