The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species
Author
Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela
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Doctorado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias, Área Ciencias Biológico Agropecuaria y Pesquera, Ciudad de la cultura “ Amado Nervo ”, Tepic, Nayarit, 63000, Mexico. & Laboratorio de Sistemática de Invertebrados Marinos (LABSIM), Universidad del Mar, campus Puerto Ángel, Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, 70902, Mexico.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-10-17
962
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1
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2683/12419
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.962.2683
2118-9773
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Latocestus viridis
Bock, 1913
Latocestus viridis
Bock, 1913: 64–6
, figs 1a–d, 2, pl. 3 fig. 1 (
type
locality: San José,
Panama
).
Distribution
San José,
Panama
.
Habitat
Benthic.
Remarks
Latocestus viridis
has an elongated body with rounded anterior and posterior region; dull green coloration, with slight yellowish-green pigmentation in the upper region (often in stripes, in preserved organisms) (see
Bock 1913: 64
), ventral region with faint pink pigmentation; marginal eyes distributed on the periphery of the whole body, frontal eyes; male reproductive system with spermiducal vesicles and spermathecal ducts; ovoid prostatic vesicle, inert penis papilla, and female reproductive system with an S-shaped vagina, and narrow, sparsely muscular Lang’s vesicle.