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Type material
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one adult from sample SI 16, in squeeze preparation,
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W.1534. Further material: Three juveniles and one anterior fragment from the same sample.
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After the tuatara, an ancient reptile endemic to
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.
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927C2B7CF000FB7CFEB4CE86" box="[264,383,1247,1272]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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Colorless, slender
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(body index 43.75) with slender rostrum (index 5.17). Jaws 18.00 µm long, with 47 dorsal and 714 ventral teeth. Basal plate plump crescentshaped,
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long and
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wide (index 0.41), with 27.2 fine teeth on median half of rostral edge. Sperm with weakly spiralized head­middlepiece
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long, and tail
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long.
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927C2B7CF000FA54FE59CC6E" box="[264,402,1527,1552]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Description</emphasis>
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Body colorless­transparent. The only adult was
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long and
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wide at U 20 (body index 43.75). Rostrum slender and pointed,
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long and
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wide at U 6.9 (rostrum index 5.17). The posterior end tapers into a pointed tail region.
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927C2B7CF030F91CFE26CCA6" box="[312,493,1727,1752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Digestive tract.</emphasis>
In the adult the mouth was at U 6.5. Basal plate crescent­shaped,
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long and
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wide (index 0.41), with one pair of longitudinal fibulae and slightly knob­shaped, rostrally curved lateral wings. The median half of its straight rostral edge is set with 2430 (27.2) fine, sharp teeth, which seem to be arranged in two horizontal rows.
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927D2B7DF000FBC7FE46CE02" bold="true" box="[264,397,1124,1148]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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5.1 Habitus of a juvenile; 5.25.5 Basal plates and jaws of four specimens; 5.6 Sperm; 5.7 Basal plate and jaws in left lateral view. 5.25.7 to the same scale as Fig. 1.
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927D2B7DF000F9EBFE46CC1E" bold="true" box="[264,397,1608,1632]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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Basal plates and jaws of three specimens (in 6.1 the basal plate is below the jaws, and upside­down). Phase contrast micrographs of live specimens.
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system.
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About
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long, the paired testes extend from U 65.7 to U 85.7. The paired vasa deferentia seemed to merge prior to opening into a ventral male pore situated at about U 97. The only sperm measured (Fig. 5.6) was
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long, and composed of a faintly spiralized head­middlepiece
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long, and a tail
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long.
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A mature egg,
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long, extended from U 37.1 to U 48.6.
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<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F5FBFE65FACACBA3" box="[1267,1281,454,477]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3509348B927AD489F003FE5AFACAC86E" box="[267,1281,505,528]" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D85DF7927AD489F003FE5AFDC0C86E" box="[267,523,505,528]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Body index of adults</th>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F3A8FE5AFD3CC86E" box="[672,759,505,528]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">15.57</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F5FBFE5AFACAC86E" box="[1267,1281,505,528]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3509348B927AD489F003FD8EFACAC80F" box="[267,1281,557,625]" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<th id="76D85DF7927AD489F003FD8EFDC0C80F" box="[267,523,557,625]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Rostrum index of adults Jaw length</th>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F3A8FD8EFD3CC80F" box="[672,759,557,625]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">4.64 13.75</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F24DFD8EFCBEC80F" box="[837,885,557,625]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">1.07 0.50</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F2D0FD8EFBC2C80F" box="[984,1033,557,625]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">5.40 14</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F569FD8EFB5AC80F" box="[1121,1169,557,625]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">3.89 13</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F5FBFD8EFACAC80F" box="[1267,1281,557,625]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">2 4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3509348B927AD489F003FD2BFACAC8B2" box="[267,1281,648,716]" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<th id="76D85DF7927AD489F003FD2BFDC0C8B2" box="[267,523,648,716]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Basal plate length Basal plate width</th>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F3A8FD2BFD3CC8B2" box="[672,759,648,716]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">7.75 11.25</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F24DFD2BFCBEC8B2" box="[837,885,648,716]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">1.50 2.63</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F2D0FD2BFBC2C8B2" box="[984,1033,648,716]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">10 15</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F569FD2BFB5AC8B2" box="[1121,1169,648,716]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">7 9</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F5FBFD2BFACAC8B2" box="[1267,1281,648,716]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">4 4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3509348B927AD489F003FD40FACAC884" box="[267,1281,739,762]" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<th id="76D85DF7927AD489F003FD40FDC0C884" box="[267,523,739,762]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Basal plate index</th>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F3A8FD40FD3CC884" box="[672,759,739,762]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">0.70</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F24DFD40FCBEC884" box="[837,885,739,762]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">0.06</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F2D0FD40FBC2C884" box="[984,1033,739,762]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">0.78</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F569FD40FB5AC884" box="[1121,1169,739,762]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">0.64</td>
<td id="76D85DF7927AD489F5FBFD40FACAC884" box="[1267,1281,739,762]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="C3236542927A2B7AF000FC90FBDDCF52" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8636C9927A2B7AF000FC90FE42C932" blockId="12.[264,1324,819,1324]" box="[264,393,819,844]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF000FC90FE42C932" box="[264,393,819,844]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Discussion</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8636C9927A2B7AF030FCF9FBDDCF52" blockId="12.[264,1324,819,1324]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
This species shares much of its mouth part architecture with
<taxonomicName id="4C394D4A927A2B7AF500FCF8FAC3C90A" authority="Sterrer, 1969" authorityName="Sterrer" authorityYear="1969" box="[1032,1288,858,884]" family="Pterognathiidae" genus="Pterognathia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Filospermoidea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Gnathostomulida" rank="species" species="sorex">
<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF500FCF8FBAAC90A" box="[1032,1121,859,884]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. sorex</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA84B38927A2B7AF564FCF9FAC3C90A" author="Sterrer, W." box="[1132,1288,858,884]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="1 - 125" refId="ref5318" refString="Sterrer, W. (1969) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Gnathostomulida I. Anatomie und Morphologie des Genus Pterognathia Sterrer. Arkiv for Zoologi, Serie 2, 22 (1), 1 - 125." type="journal article" year="1969">Sterrer, 1969</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF41DFCF8FEBBC9E2" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. ctenifera</emphasis>
Sterrer, 1970
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; and
<taxonomicName id="4C394D4A927A2B7AF36AFC20FC62C9E2" authority="Sterrer, 1991" authorityName="Sterrer" authorityYear="1991" box="[610,937,898,924]" family="Pterognathiidae" genus="Pterognathia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Filospermoidea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Gnathostomulida" rank="species" species="crocodilus">
<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF36AFC20FD35C9E2" box="[610,766,899,924]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. crocodilus</emphasis>
Sterrer, 1991
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. In addition to bipartite, manytoothed jaws all four species have a rod­ to crescent­shaped basal plate whose dorsorostral edge is set with teeth. There are consistent differences, however, that set the new species apart. The basal plate of
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF38CFC58FD3CCE6A" box="[644,759,1019,1044]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. tuatara</emphasis>
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has the shape of a plump crescent (as expressed in the high basal plate index of 0.41) whereas in the other three species it is a slender sickle (
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF01AFBE8FE65CE1A" box="[274,430,1099,1124]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. crocodilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, index 0.34) or rod (
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF3BEFBE8FCF4CE1A" box="[694,831,1099,1124]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. ctenifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, index 0.31;
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF2EDFBE8FB8ACE1A" box="[997,1089,1099,1124]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. sorex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, index 0.250.29). Furthermore, teeth are distributed over half of the basal plate width in
<taxonomicName id="4C394D4A927A2B7AF546FBD0FB09CEF2" authorityName="Sterrer" authorityYear="2006" box="[1102,1218,1139,1164]" family="Pterognathiidae" genus="Pterognathia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Filospermoidea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Gnathostomulida" rank="species" species="tuatara">
<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF546FBD0FB09CEF2" box="[1102,1218,1139,1164]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. tuatara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
whereas they occupy less width in the other species. Jaws are very similar in this species foursome except that those of
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<emphasis id="B94DEADB927A2B7AF0F1FB60FDB4CEA2" box="[505,639,1219,1244]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. ctenifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stand out not only as the smallest (13.00 µm) but also as having short, stubby rostral apophyses that point latero­caudally, rather than mediocaudally (i.e., towards the symphysis) as in the other three species.
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