Revision of Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida, Trigonostomidae) with the description of seven new species
Author
Willems, Wim R.
Author
Artois, Tom J.
Author
Vermin, Wouter A.
Author
Schockaert, Ernest R.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2004
2004-06-30
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TRIGONOSTOMUM WATSONI
SP. NOV.
(
FIG. 7B
)
Alternative species name: trigonostomum-watsoni
sp. nov.
Holotype
:
Whole
mount,
Australia
,
New South Wales
,
Arrawarra
,
on
Pavonina
-like algae in shallow tidepool between rocks near beach,
27 August 1996
.
Paratype
:
One whole mount.
Other material:
Observations
on live material.
Six
whole mounts and six serially-sectioned specimens,
Australia
,
New South Wales
,
Lennox Head
, on beach with coarse sand and on algae in tide pool,
27 October and 1 November 1997
.
One
whole mount,
Australia
,
New South Wales
,
Arrawarra
,
on
Sargassum
sp. in permanent pool,
27 August 1996
.
One
whole mount,
Australia
,
New South Wales
,
Arrawarra
,
Mullaway
headland, on algae in deep rock pools,
24 July 2003
.
Two
whole mounts,
New Caledonia
,
Nouméa
,
Magenta
, permanent pool near mangroves, on large algae covered with epiphytes,
22 August 2003
.
Etymology:
Dedicated to Dr Nikki Watson, Armidale,
Australia
, who assisted with the collection of material at Arrawarra.
Diagnosis:
Trigonostomum
species with copulatory organ 28–36 Mm long. Stylet 29–41 Mm long, proximally bent over 90∞. Mantle with three spine-like plates surrounds only the distal part of the stylet. Bursal appendage 62–78 Mm long, with two coiled (more than 360∞) striated tubes.