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.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-08
4603
1
81
104
journal article
26901
10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.4
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1175-5326
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Subfamily
Typhlopolycystidinae
Evdonin, 1977
Type
genus:
Typhlopolycystis
Karling 1956
(by original designation).
Diagnosis
(emended by
Artois & Schockaert (2000)
and slightly adapted):
Polycystididae
with a proboscis of 1/8 to 1/3 of body length. Cone retractors parallel to each other. Proboscis with a thick, inner circular muscle layer. Four pairs of proboscis retractors and one pair of integument retractors. Two pairs of strong dilators on the proboscis cavity. Gonads unpaired (vitellaria may be paired). Stylet a simple plate, a gutter or a tube. Accessory stylet, if present, tubiform, proximally connected to the stylet. Accessory glandular organ mostly present. Prostate vesicle (if present) completely or partly enclosed by the proximal part of the male atrium. Female bursa terminal. A pear-shaped seminal receptacle, a sclerotized tube or a muscular bulb next to the ovo-vitelloduct (except in
Papia
an
Stradorhynchus
).