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(
<figureCitation id="13342A1FFF856502FE56FD0DEC37FD28" box="[516,592,649,675]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="12.[129,194,1533,1557]" captionTargetBox="[321,1281,144,1505]" captionTargetId="figure-116@12.[321,1281,144,1505]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Figure 3. Representative species of genera of Tritoniidae (with exception of Paratritonia). A, Tritonia hombergii (MNCN15.05/93379) (Portaferry, Ireland); B, Candiella plebeia (MNCN15.05/93393) (Portaferry, Ireland); C, Tritoniopsis elegans (MB28-0045061) (Zavora, Mozambique); D, Tritonidoxa capensis (MNCN15.05/93399) (Scoưburg, South Africa); E, Tritoniella belli (Antarctica); F, Marianina rosea (French Polynesia); G, Myrella challengeriana comb.nov.(Bahía Camarones, Argentina); H, Tochuina gigantea (Agnew Pass, USA); I, Tritonicula khaleesi (MZUSP113165) (Fortaleza, Brazil); J, Marionia cucullata (Golfo Nuevo, Argentina); (K) Marioniopsis levis 1 (MNHNC/ MB28-004895) (Nacala, Mozambique). Photo A and B, courtesy of B. Picton; photo C and K courtesy of Y.Tibiriça; photo D courtesy of V. Fraser; photo E courtesy of M. Caballer; photo F courtesy of G. Rouse; photo G and J, courtesy of N. Baưini; photo H courtesy of S. Thiebaud; photo I by F. Silva." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8432399" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8432399/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Fig. 3G</figureCitation>
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Mabille and Rochebrune 1889
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Duméril and Bibron 1837
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species:
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(=
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Mabille and Rochebrune 1889
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FC23FC0DEEB0FC2B" box="[113,215,905,928]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Tricuspid rachidian tooth with minor folds. Masticatory borders denticulate with conical denticles. Penis thin, oħen conical at the distal end and flagelliform towards proximal end.
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FC23FB99EE97FBBE" box="[113,240,1053,1077]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Morphology:</emphasis>
Body broad, length up to
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(
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). Oral veil broad, bilobed or entire. Five to 20 simple or branched velar processes. Notal border distinct. Six to 40 pairs of fully arborescent gills. Rachidian tooth tricuspid, denticulate (minor folds) with rectangular base. First lateral tooth differentiated. Masticatory borders of jaws denticulate with medium-sized (up to 50 µm) denticles with conical bases and sharp cusps. Ratio jaw/body length: 0.210.4. Cuticular folds absent. Gonopore at end of one-third of body length, furthest from rhinophores. Anus at middle of body length; nephroproct above anus. Ampulla cylindrical and coiled. Penis thin and flagelliform or conical at the distal end and flagelliform towards proximal end. Capsule and mucous gland distinct.
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Species composition:
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(Pfeffer in Martens and Pfeffer 1886)
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,
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(Bergh 1898)
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,
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FCA6F98DEF83F9AA" bold="true" box="[244,484,1545,1569]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella challengeriana</emphasis>
(Bergh 1884)
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,
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(Ballesteros and Avila 2006)
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and
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FC23F9CCEF64F9EB" bold="true" box="[113,259,1608,1632]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella vorax</emphasis>
(Odhner 1926)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FDFCF9CDEC43F9EA" bold="true" box="[430,548,1609,1633]" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24857F3FF856502FDFCF9CDEC43F9EA" box="[430,548,1609,1633]" pageId="21" pageNumber="466" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3156511FF856502FC23F9FBED08FAE5" pageId="21" pageNumber="466" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FC23F9FBEEB5F91C" box="[113,210,1663,1687]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Remarks:</emphasis>
Based on our phylogenetic analyses, the clade formed by the Antarctic
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FD2CF91BEFB6F93D" box="[382,465,1695,1718]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Tritonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FD8CF91AEC17F93D" box="[478,624,1694,1718]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">challengeriana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the sub-Antarctic
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FCB0F93AEF52F95E" box="[226,309,1726,1749]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Tritonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FD16F93AEFF0F95D" box="[324,407,1726,1750]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">dantarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
corresponds to a distinct genus, molecularly and morphologically different from
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FEF5F95AEC9DF97E" box="[679,762,1758,1781]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Tritonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FC23F979EE1EF89F" box="[113,121,1789,1812]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">s</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FCD2F979EEEFF89F" box="[128,136,1789,1812]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">s</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
This group, first depicted in
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and further focused in
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Moles
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FE47F898EC23F8BF" box="[533,580,1820,1844]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">et al</emphasis>
. (2021)
</bibRefCitation>
, corresponds to the resurrected
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FD2DF8BFEFAAF8D8" box="[383,461,1851,1875]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
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, based on the
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species
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FCAFF8DFEFDAF8F9" box="[253,445,1882,1906]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">My. challengeriana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The species included in this group are characterized by a unique combination of features within
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: moderate size (up to
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); tricuspid rachidian tooth with minor folds; denticulate masticatory borders with conical denticles; penis thin and flagelliform or conical at the distal end and digitiform towards the proximal end; and a distinct capsule and mucous gland (
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, Ballesteros and Ávila 2006,
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Rossi
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F8D4FE8AEAC8FEAE" box="[1158,1199,269,293]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">et al</emphasis>
. 2021
</bibRefCitation>
). In addition, they are distinguished by their unique Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and Magellanic distribution.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB0369AFF856502FF17FEEFEBF8FBBF" blockId="21.[810,1459,144,1390]" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">
Externally,
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FFE8FEEFEA62FE08" box="[954,1029,363,387]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F86EFEE8EAEBFE08" box="[1084,1164,364,387]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Tritonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are similar: both genera include large species with several arborescent gills and a bilobed oral veil with several processes. Some of the internal morpho-anatomical characters found in
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F83EFE4DEAD0FE6A" box="[1132,1207,457,481]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are also found individually in a few species of the heterogeneous
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F8A4FE6DEB21FD8B" box="[1270,1350,489,512]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Tritonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but their combination is unique to
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F862FD8CEA1CFDAB" box="[1072,1147,520,544]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within the
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. For example,
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FF21FDACEA53FDB4" box="[883,1076,552,575]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Tritonia tetraquetra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has a denticulate rachidian tooth like
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FF06FDC2EDF8FDD5" box="[852,927,582,606]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but it is larger than
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F83FFDC2EADFFDD5" box="[1133,1208,582,606]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
(up to
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) and its denticulate masticatory border is characterized by rod-shaped denticles instead of conical denticles (
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). The penis is also an important feature in distinguishing the two genera:
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F832FD40EAD7FD50" box="[1120,1200,708,731]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Tritonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterized by a large penis that is elongate or conical and has distal characters in a few species, while
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FFEBFC86EA63FC91" box="[953,1028,770,794]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterized by a thin penis that is completely flagelliform (
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Rossi
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F860FCA6EA3EFCB2" box="[1074,1113,801,825]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">et al</emphasis>
. 2021: 564
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) or conical at the distal end and digitiform towards the proximal end (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9E4B6BFF856502F8A8FCC5EBC1FCD2" author="Wagele H" box="[1274,1446,833,857]" pageId="21" pageNumber="466" pagination="21 - 46" refId="ref27940" refString="Wagele H. The morphology and taxonomy of the Antarctic species of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797 (Nudibranchia: Dendronotoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1995; 113: 21 - 46." type="journal article" year="1995">Wägele 1995: 37</bibRefCitation>
), with no distal features. Furthermore, most studies described
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FF78FCFBED12FC1C" box="[810,885,895,919]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
with a conspicuous capsule and mucous gland (
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; Ballesteros and Ávila 2006: 134). Although further morphological studies are needed to beưer understand this clade, our phylogenetic analyses, species delimitation analyses and interspecific uncorrected
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F8C3FC7AEAF9FB9E" box="[1169,1182,1022,1045]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">p</emphasis>
-distances strongly support the resurrection of the cohesive, well-supported clade
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F91CFB98EBFEFBBF" box="[1358,1433,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB0369AFF856502FF17FBBFED08FAE5" blockId="21.[810,1459,144,1390]" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">
Currently,
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FFE6FBB8EDB3FBD8" box="[948,980,1084,1107]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">My</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FFB3FBBFEA0AFBD8" box="[993,1133,1083,1107]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">challengeriana</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F828FBB8EABAFBD8" box="[1146,1245,1084,1107]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">My. vorax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F943FBB8EBEAFBD8" box="[1297,1421,1083,1107]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">My. dantarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are the three valid species of
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F868FBDFEAE2FBF8" box="[1082,1157,1115,1139]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
found in the South Atlantic Ocean. However, recent studies have confirmed that the species diversity of
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FFF1FB1DED89FB3A" box="[931,1006,1177,1201]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">Myrella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is richer than presented in our phylogenetic analyses, including a complex of unnamed species previously identified as
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502FFE1FB5DEA0BFB7B" box="[947,1132,1240,1264]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">My. challengeriana</emphasis>
(
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Moles
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F89BFB5DEA92FB7B" box="[1225,1269,1240,1264]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">et al</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
. Although the original description of
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F866FB7CEAD9FA84" box="[1076,1214,1272,1295]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">My. antarctica</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F8BFFB7CEB0FFA84" box="[1261,1384,1271,1295]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">My. australis</emphasis>
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fits our proposed diagnosis, these species are included with caution due to their uncertain taxonomic validity (
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,
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Moles
<emphasis id="B97BEA88FF856502F9D7FAB3EBCAFAC5" box="[1413,1453,1334,1358]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="466">et al</emphasis>
. 2021
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).
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