On the genus Typhlopolycystis Karling, 1956 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae), with data on the five known species and the description of eleven new species
Author
Schockaert, Ernest R.
Author
Moons, Patricia
Author
Janssen, Toon
Author
Tessens, Bart S.
Author
Reygel, Patrick C.
Author
Revis, Nathalie
Author
Jouk, Philippe E. H.
Author
Willems, Wim R.
Author
Artois, Tom J.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-08
4603
1
81
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journal article
26901
10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.4
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Typhlopolycystis riegeri
n. sp.
Artois & Schockaert.
(
Figs 12
A–C)
Diagnosis
. Colourless species of
Typhlopolycystis
of about
1 mm
with a proboscis 1/6 to 1/5 of the body length and with eyes. The prostate stylet is rather broad (18 and
14 µm
,
14 µm
in the
holotype
), 99 (in the
holotype
) and
104 µm
long, almost straight in the proximal 2/3 of its length, then bent over 90° and tapering to a blunt end. The accessory stylet starts at the convex end of the main stylet; after a short turn over 180° it is straight and pointed, 104 and
91 µm
long. The proximal diameter is
26–29 µm
. The prostate vesicle seems reduced. The seminal receptacle is pear-shaped.
Occurrence.
Tanzania
: Mbweni (Zanzibar Island), beach behind the Mbweni Ruins Hotel, south of the creek, in a higher part of the tidal sand flat, with relatively coarse sand (by Artois & Schockaert,
11 August 1995
;
Type
Locality). Same locality but north of the creek, in a small pool with sea-grass (
Thallasia
spec.), all at low tide.
Material examined
. A whole mount from the type locality, indicated as
holotype
. (SMNH nr 8917). A second whole mount from the second habitat (HU nr III.1.47).
Etymology
. We dedicate this species in honour and friendship of the late Prof. Dr. R. Rieger (Innsbruck,
Austria
).