Integrative delineation of species of Mediterranean freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae)
Author
Sluys, Ronald
Author
Solà, Eduard
Author
Gritzalis, Konstantinos
Author
Vila-Farré, Miquel
Author
Mateos, Eduardo
Author
Riutort, Marta
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2013
2013-10-29
169
3
523
547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12077
journal article
10.1111/zoj.12077
0024-4082
5290979
GENUS
RECURVA
SLUYS
GEN. NOV.
Diagnosis:
Dugesiidae
with very slender body and rotund head. Asymmetrical penis papilla with oblique or almost vertical orientation, when non-extended. Ejaculatory duct with a distinctly subterminal opening at the anterior or antero-ventral side of the penis papilla and surrounded by a well-developed coat of circular muscle. Testes dorsal, distributed throughout the body length. Intrabulbar seminal vesicle surrounded by well-developed coat of interwoven muscle. Common oviduct, opening onto ventral, horizontal and broadened section of the bursal canal, which receives the openings of shell glands anteriorly to the oviducal opening. Bursal canal covered with a coat of circular muscle.
Type
species:
Recurva postrema
Sluys & Solà
sp. nov.
Etymology: The generic name is derived from the Latin adjective
recurvus
, bent backwards, and alludes to the situation that the ejaculatory duct curves backwards to such an extent that its opening is located at the antero-ventral side of the penis papilla.
Gender: female.