First study of the Polycladida (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
Author
Soutullo, Patricia
0000-0002-9691-0038
Dept. Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain. Patricia Soutullo: patriciasoutullo @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9691 - 0038
patriciasoutullo@gmail.com
Author
Cuadrado, Daniel
0000-0002-9691-0038
Dept. Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain. Patricia Soutullo: patriciasoutullo @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9691 - 0038
patriciasoutullo@gmail.com
Author
Noreña, Carolina
0000-0002-9691-0038
Dept. Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain. Patricia Soutullo: patriciasoutullo @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9691 - 0038
patriciasoutullo@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-22
4964
2
363
381
journal article
7069
10.11646/zootaxa.4964.2.7
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Enchiridium magec
,
Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017
(Fig. 5)
FIGURA 5.
Enchiridium magec
Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017
. A. Distribution map and sample points; B. Whole live animal, dorsal view; C. Ventral view of whole live animal; D-E. Histological sections of the copulatory organs stained with Azan; F. Sagittal reconstruction of the reproduction system (D, E, F anterior end to the right).
Material examined
: Two specimens. One fixed in Bouin and one sagittal sectioned and stained with Azan. Deposited in the National Museum of Natural Sciences. 49 slides:
MNCN
4.01/2412 to
MNCN
4.01/2460
Location:
Both
specimens were collected in
Playa Carbon
(
Las Baulas National Park
of
Guanacaste
,
Costa Rica
)
10 ° 20’53.4 “N
85 ° 51’44.5” W
; 19, May, 2018 (Fig 5A)
Habitat:
Low intertidal, below stones on sand.
Description
: External features (Fig.5B, C): Body shape elongated with smooth dorsal surface. Background colour yellow with cream dots and dark brown spots in the central area, forming a continuous longitudinal midline. Ventral colouration whitish. Without pseudotentacles or tentacles. With marginal eyes in the first third of the body and two elongated clusters of cerebral eyes. Tubular pharynx located in the anterior third of the body, anteriorly oriented.
Reproductive system:
Male
copulatory apparatus with a single male gonopore (Fig. 5C), anterior to the female. With an elongated penis papilla armed with a long tubular stylet (Fig. 5E). Two interpolated prostatic vesicles, included in a very characteristic muscular bulb, and the seminal vesicle surrounded in a second muscular bulb (Fig. 5D). The female copulatory apparatus presents a short vagina, oriented posteriorly, surrounded by cement glands (Fig. 5F).
Distribution:
Enchiridium magec
has been found in the Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, (
Cuadrado et al., 2017
) and in
Costa Rica
in this study. It is the first record for the Pacific Ocean and for the American west coast,
Costa Rica
.