A new genus with six new species of Typhlopolycystidinae Evdonin, 1977 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae)
Author
Schockaert, Ernest R.
Author
Martens, Paul M.
Author
Revis, Nathalie
Author
Janssen, Toon
Author
Willems, Wim
Author
Artois, Tom J.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3755
3
259
272
journal article
46597
10.11646/zootaxa.3755.3.4
a9959089-060a-455f-8bd7-28d037370584
1175-5326
229260
C60EB7B9-77F2-488E-8583-CAD0C364575E
Brunetorhynchus dubius
n. sp.
Artois & Schockaert
(
Fig. 7
)
syn.
Limipolycystis
sp. in
Artois & Schockaert (2000)
Locality
. Galapagos Island Santa Cruz, Bahia Academy, southern beach (
IX. 6
b) (
Artois & Schockaert 2000
).
Material
. Drawings and photographs of live animals by S. Hoxhold. Four serially-sectioned specimens in very bad condition. The micrograph in
Fig. 7
B is designated
holotype
.
Etymology
. Species epithet expresses the doubts of
Artois & Schockaert (2000)
that this species belongs to the taxon
Limipolycystis
.
Diagnosis
. Species of
Brunetorhynchus
with a stylet 44–46 Μm long, ±7 Μm broad, ornamented with spiral ridges. It ends in a hook, which gives the stylet the overall shape of a boot.
Description
.
Artois & Schockaert (2000)
based their description on drawings and micrographs of living animals by Hoxhold. They refrained from naming this species because a number of characters (or combinations of characters) did not fit those of the then known taxa within the
Typhlopolycystidinae
with a single stylet. This species has a pear-shaped seminal receptacle on the female duct as has
Sabulirhynchus axi
Artois & Schockaert, 2000
, but contrary to that taxon it has an accessory secretion reservoir that opens in the stylet. Species of
Limipolycystis
and of
Myobulla
have an accessory secretion reservoir, but the former species have a sclerotized tube on the female duct, and the species of
Myobulla
have a muscular bulb instead of a pear-shaped seminal receptacle. Also the position of the testis – behind the pharynx and not caudally – cast some doubt as to whether this species belonged to the taxon
Limipolycystis
. With the description of the new species here above, it is now clear that the Galapagos species shows all the characters of
Brunetorhynchus
. The micrographs of the stylet of
B. dubius
n. sp
.
also show a thickened rim at the proximal opening and a spiral ridge over the stylet. With the data now available, there seems to be no prostate vesicle
Type
III.
B. dubius
n. sp.
is very small (
0.2–0.25 mm
) and without eyes (contrary to the other species of
Brunetorhynchus
).