Report on freshwater Catenulida (Platyhelminthes) from Sweden with the description of four new species
Author
Larsson, Karolina
Author
Willems, Wim
text
Zootaxa
2010
2396
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.193965
38d7b0ca-ac3c-4c22-8a28-fa4034b43e03
1175-5326
193965
Stenostomum leucops
(Dugès, 1828)
O
. Schmidt, 1848
(
Fig. 5
F–G,
7 I
–J)
Localities.
Loc. 1, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 29, 31, 32, 33.
Known distribution.
Cosmopolitan (in
Noreña
et al
. 2005
)
Material.
Several individuals studied alive.
Description and remarks.
Specimens were identified mainly based on the shape of the refractile organs (fig. 7J). A few specimens, which were collected in October had developed reproductive organs (cf.
Luther 1960
). In these specimens the male genital pore, which is situated dorsally at approximately 1/5, could be observed. A simple testis, is present next to the pharynx. A few specimens also contained eggs situated in between the intestine and the body wall. These sexually-mature specimens are approximately
1–2 mm
, whereas the length of specimens collected in May to September ranges between 0.4 and
1 mm
.