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(
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)
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Material examined and locality.
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:
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one mature specimen with the anterior half mounted on glass slide and the posterior half, containing the copulatory apparatus, as series of sagittal sections (Six slides,
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Platy.1249).
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:
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three mature sectioned specimens with the anterior half of each mounted on a microscope slide and the posterior half of each, containing the copulatory apparatus, as series of sagittal sections (six slides per specimen) (
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Platy.1250, 1251, 1252); one mature specimen cleared and stained with alum carmin (
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Platy.1253); two mature specimens preserved in
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70% (
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Platy.1254).
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F71FFCCFF502FD40142E60D" bold="true" box="[199,334,511,535]" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is dedicated to Prof. John Holleman, who has been working extensively of Acotylean and Cotylean polyclads and was very helpful during the course of the present study.
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locality.
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All specimens were found together, in
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, under a rock, during the low tide, from the rocky shores of Chapahn station, the Persian Gulf, 28° 20´47ʺ N, 51° 10´59.8ʺ E (
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, station 2).
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F71FFCCFF502CA50155E6BD" bold="true" box="[199,345,654,679]" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F71FFCCFEF52CA50256E6BC" box="[354,602,654,678]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">External morphology.</emphasis>
Fixed specimens measured from 3.5 ×
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in the
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, to 4 × 2.2 (SD±0.54×0.25) cm in the
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series (n=7); body broadly oval, thick and with a fleshy consistency. Dorsal surface of living worms light yellowish-brown to wheaten, without any spots, shading to brown mid-dorsally, with translucent margins (
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A); ventral surface beige in the
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(
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B), mistyrose in some
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individuals, fading towards the margin and becoming light pink around the common gonopore (
<figureCitation id="133A6BD91F71FFCCFB4D2D350513E72C" box="[1242,1311,798,822]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1790,1813]" captionTargetBox="[181,1414,420,1736]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,409,1769]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 7. Discocelis hollemani sp. nov. (A) and (B) Holotype specimen (ZUTC Platy. 1249); (C) and (D) Paratype specimen (ZUTC Platy. 1253). (A, D) Dorsal view; (B, C) Ventral view. Pictures were taken before histology. Abbreviations: cg, cement gland; cgo, common gonopore; Lv, Lang's vesicle; m, mouth; ma, male atrium; mc, male complex; o, oviduct; ph, pharynx; ut, uterus; vd, vas deferens." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248240/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
C). Orange uterus prominent, appearing as a cluster round the pharynx (
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B, in
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and Figs, 7CD in
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). No tentacle present. Tentacular eyes visible against a white background (
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A), as two converge half-crescentic clusters, with 2527 eyespots in each cluster (
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B), each
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apart; cerebral eyes embedded in the epidermis, and more difficult to observe in the living animal, but readily observable in a cleared
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specimen (ZUTC platy 1253;
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D), two clusters each subdivided into anterior and posterior groups in relation to the cerebral organ: Anterior group extend to the length half of the distance between the two tentacular eyes (
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), with 2025 eyespots in each cluster; posterior group with 810 eyespots in each cluster; a band of small unequal eyes, in four to five rows, about
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thick, extend on the margin to near the posterior end of pharynx (
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A).
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F71FFCCFF502AA3018EE085" box="[199,386,1160,1183]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Digestive system</emphasis>
: Ruffled pharynx with 12 to 13 pairs of folds, situated in the central part of the body, become somewhat larger posteriorly, begins immediately posterior to the cerebral eye clusters,
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from the anterior end and
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from posterior end of the body; pharynx
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long, about one-third of the body length, width of pharynx
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at the midpoint, the last posterior fold of the pharynx extends posterio-ventrally to the male complex; mouth located at the posterior end of the pharyngeal cavity,
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from posterior end, immediately behind the mouth is the massive male complex (
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B, 8A).
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F71FFCCFF502B7501EBE16C" box="[199,487,1374,1398]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Epidermis and body wall</emphasis>
: Ventral body wall thickness about 43 µm at the anterior region (
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A), 28 µm around the male complex, and becomes thicker around the female system (86 µm) (
<figureCitation id="133A6BD91F71FFCCFBCA2BA904AFE180" box="[1117,1187,1410,1434]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1876,1899]" captionTargetBox="[241,1381,192,1823]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[209,1387,171,1862]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 9. Haematoxylin-eosin stained sections of Discocelis hollemani sp. nov. (ZUTC Platy. 1249). (A) Ventral wall, of the anterior part of the body; (B) dorsal wall; (C) ventral wall from the area around the female reproductive system; (D) prostatoid organs. Abbreviations: bm, basement membrane; cg, cement glands; cm, circular muscle; dm, diagonal muscle; ep, ciliated epidermis; gp, granular pigment; lm, longitudinal muscle; o, ovary; po, prostatoid organ; ts, testis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248242/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
C); epidermis without rhabdites, composed of three layers: a longitudinal muscle layer (about 10 µm), a well-developed layer of mixed circular and diagonal muscle fibers (about 23 µm), and the innermost longitudinal muscular fibers merging with diagonal ones (11µm). Beneath the muscular layer, in the parenchyma, distinct basophil glandular cells are distributed among numerous transverse muscle fibers (
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A).
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Dorsal body wall 37 µm thick, with ciliated epidermis, intra-epithelial nuclei and numerous rhabdites; body wall musculature consisting of a longitudinal layer (8 µm), and a combination of circular and diagonal muscle fibers (24 µm) (
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B).
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F71FFCCFF50288801D3E2A1" box="[199,479,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Male copulatory system:</emphasis>
The male copulatory apparatus situated immediately behind the pharynx (
<figureCitation id="133A6BD91F71FFCCFAA42889058FE2A0" box="[1331,1411,1698,1722]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1790,1813]" captionTargetBox="[181,1414,420,1736]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,409,1769]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 7. Discocelis hollemani sp. nov. (A) and (B) Holotype specimen (ZUTC Platy. 1249); (C) and (D) Paratype specimen (ZUTC Platy. 1253). (A, D) Dorsal view; (B, C) Ventral view. Pictures were taken before histology. Abbreviations: cg, cement gland; cgo, common gonopore; Lv, Lang's vesicle; m, mouth; ma, male atrium; mc, male complex; o, oviduct; ph, pharynx; ut, uterus; vd, vas deferens." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248240/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Figs. 7</figureCitation>
B, 8A), the spermiducal vesicle was not seen. The male atrium is bi-lobed, round in ventral view, containing a muscular lobed penis and prostatoid organs (
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A). In sagittal views, the male atrium is long, somewhat bowshaped, without muscular folds, with two lobes: One anterior lobe, somehow wide, descending dorsally below the pharynx, has large prostatoid organs on dorso-ventral sides of the anterior tip (
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A and 11A), the first lobe of the male atrium does not reach the mouth dorsally in sagittal views (
<figureCitation id="133A6BD91F71FFCCFC3C297D0404E374" box="[939,1032,1878,1902]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="14.[151,250,901,924]" captionTargetBox="[158,1431,208,848]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,193,880]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 10. Discocelis hollemai sp. nov. (ZUTC Platy. 1249). (A) Sagittal reconstruction of the male and female genital systems; (B) Sagittal reconstruction of whole animal. Abbreviations: cfa, ciliated female atrium; cg, cement glands; cgo, common gonopore; ed, ejaculatory duct; i, intestine; Lv, lang's vesicle; m, mouth; ma, male atrium; mc, middle canal; mf, muscular fiber; o, oviduct; p, penis; pc, posterior canal; ph, pharynx; pob, basophilic prostatoids; poe, eosinophilic prostatoids; pol, large prostatoids; pos, small prostatoids; ts, testis; v, vagina; vd, vas deferens." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248243/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="257">Figs. 10</figureCitation>
A, B); a longer posterior lobe, with small prostatoid organs, in two or three layers, encircle the lobe (
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A, and 11C). Behind the penis the male atrium opens by a slanting route to the common gonopore. The distance between the anterior lobe and the common gonopore is
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. Prostatoids are arranged distally in a crescent cluster on penis lobes, occur in two distinct sizes and contents: the large prostatoids of dorso-lateral sides of the anterior lobe having a faintly eosinophilic content, average size about 75× 48 µm (
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A); the smaller prostatoids, especially those distributed distally on posterior lobe, are darker having a basophilic content (
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B). Tear-shaped prostatoid organs filled with fine darkly staining matrix and nuclei scattered through the matrix, surrounded with muscle fibers (
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D), and with narrow distal ends pass through the epithelium and empty into the male atrium; numerous extra vesicular glands are scattered around the prostatoid organs.
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F70FFCDFF0028D5011EE30E" bold="true" box="[151,274,1790,1813]" pageId="11" pageNumber="258">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F70FFCDFE8F28D401E1E30F" box="[280,493,1791,1813]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="258">Discocelis hollemani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F70FFCDFE6328D40248E30E" bold="true" box="[500,580,1791,1812]" pageId="11" pageNumber="258">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(A) and (B) Holotype specimen (ZUTC Platy.1249); (C) and (D) Paratype specimen (ZUTC Platy.1253). (A, D) Dorsal view; (B, C) Ventral view. Pictures were taken before histology. Abbreviations: cg, cement gland; cgo, common gonopore; Lv, Lang's vesicle; m, mouth; ma, male atrium; mc, male complex; o, oviduct; ph, pharynx; ut, uterus; vd, vas deferens.
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F77FFCAFF002B57011BE188" bold="true" box="[151,279,1404,1427]" pageId="12" pageNumber="259">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F77FFCAFEB52B5601F0E189" box="[290,508,1405,1427]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="259">Discocelis hollemani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F77FFCAFD902B560250E188" bold="true" box="[519,604,1405,1426]" pageId="12" pageNumber="259">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(A) Drawing of the whole cleared specimen; (B) Pattern of the cerebral and tentacular eyes. Abbreviations: ce, cerebral eye; cg, cement gland; cgo, common gonopore; Lv, Lang's vesicle; m, mouth; ma, male atrium; me, marginal eye; ov, oviduct; ph, pharynx; po, prostatoids; te, tentacular eye; ut, uterus; vd, vasa deferentia.
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Vasa deferentia visible in ventral view, parallel posterior to the pharynx, extending anteriorly, up to the level of the posterior third of the pharynx, then recurrent posteriorly and dorsally to connect to the male atrium (
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B, 8A). In sagittal view, the vas deferens runs posteriorly narrowing constantly, eventually entering the ejaculatory duct, in the middle of lobed penis (
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A); without spermiducal vesicle. The posterior free end of penis devoid of prostatoids centrally. (
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A and 11C); the male atrium, near its posterior end, opens into
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wide common gonopore. The common genital atrium located at the anterior end of the posterior third of the body.
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F77FFCAFF5028FE0239E2F7" box="[199,565,1749,1773]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="259">Female reproductive apparatus.</emphasis>
The female reproductive apparatus is located posterior to the male system, with a horseshoe-shaped Langs vesicle (
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A). The female gonopore narrows before opening into a common genital atrium, from here the female apparatus extends posteriorly in the form of the vagina externa, which ascends dorsally, while becomes wider before it turns to the vagina media, which is surrounded by abundant eosinophilic cement glands. The vagina media ascends in the form of a dorso-anteriorly running curve to form vagina interna (
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A, B &amp; 11D). The vagina interna after a short distance, with a gentle descending slope ventrally receives the common oviduct (
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A, 11D).
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F76FFCBFF00297F011EE370" bold="true" box="[151,274,1876,1899]" pageId="13" pageNumber="260">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Haematoxylin-eosin stained sections of
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F76FFCBFC12297E03DAE370" bold="true" box="[901,982,1877,1898]" pageId="13" pageNumber="260">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(ZUTC Platy. 1249). (A) Ventral wall, of the anterior part of the body; (B) dorsal wall; (C) ventral wall from the area around the female reproductive system; (D) prostatoid organs. Abbreviations: bm, basement membrane; cg, cement glands; cm, circular muscle; dm, diagonal muscle; ep, ciliated epidermis; gp, granular pigment; lm, longitudinal muscle; o, ovary; po, prostatoid organ; ts, testis.
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F75FFC8FF002DAE012EE780" bold="true" box="[151,290,901,924]" pageId="14" pageNumber="261">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F75FFC8FEA32DAE01F3E781" box="[308,511,901,923]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="261">Discocelis hollemai</emphasis>
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(ZUTC Platy.1249). (A) Sagittal reconstruction of the male and female genital systems; (B) Sagittal reconstruction of whole animal. Abbreviations: cfa, ciliated female atrium; cg, cement glands; cgo, common gonopore; ed, ejaculatory duct; i, intestine; Lv, lang's vesicle; m, mouth; ma, male atrium; mc, middle canal; mf, muscular fiber; o, oviduct; p, penis; pc, posterior canal; ph, pharynx; pob, basophilic prostatoids; poe, eosinophilic prostatoids; pol, large prostatoids; pos, small prostatoids; ts, testis; v, vagina; vd, vas deferens.
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Regrettably, in the
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specimen, posterior parts of the female reproductive system include the Lang's vesicle and its duct was damaged during sectioning. Therefore observations of these parts are based on the
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specimens: The vagina interna, then continues as the duct of Langs vesicle which descends ventrally, then enters directly into Lang's vesicle. Lang's vesicle has two anterior and one posterior horn,
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from the common gonopore, is surrounded by abundant cement glands. The inner wall of the vagina is lined with tall and narrow ciliated epithelial cells undrlain by muscle fibers. Cuboidal epithelium supported by muscle fibers covers the duct of Langs vesicle. The Lang's vesicle surrounded by a thin layer of muscle fibers (
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A). In the ventral view of
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cleared specimen, radiating cement glands and the horseshoe-shaped Lang's vesicle are visible behind the common gonopore (
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D).
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F75FFC8FF502BAD01C1E185" bold="true" box="[199,461,1414,1439]" pageId="14" pageNumber="261">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
Based on different characteristics and the character states listed in Table 1 and
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, the described species differs from all other congeners except
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and
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F75FFC8FBE52B8004DCE1D9" bold="true" box="[1138,1232,1451,1475]" pageId="14" pageNumber="261">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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in terms of color patterns. As the species described here lacks distinct color pattern (
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A), while all the other
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species have a color pattern of pale reddish, pale brown, vinaceous cinnamon or fawn background with numerous black or dark brown spots (
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;
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).
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Furthermore, the species presented here is distinguished (details of differences presented in table 1) from
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F75FFC8FA16281700E8E26C" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="261">D. tigrina</emphasis>
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in terms of: body shape, distance between the tentacular eye clusters, cerebral eyes patterns, the extent of the marginal eyes, the location of the mouth, the
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of prostatoids and the morphology of the vagina. In our second species body is broadly oval, not tapering posteriorly; the tentacular eyes clusters
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apart; the cerebral eyes form two clusters each subdivided into anterior and posterior groups; the marginal eyes extend near to posterior end of body; the mouth is located at posterior end of pharynx; two different
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on the other hand has an oval body tapered posteriorly; the tentacular eyes
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apart; the cerebral eyes form two single elongate clusters; the marginal eyes as a thin band extend up to cerebral organ; the mouth is located in the middle of pharynx; one
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The species introduced here differs from
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F75FFC8FD10298F0304E3A1" box="[647,776,1956,1979]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="261">D. japonica</emphasis>
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in terms of: body shape, number of tentacular eyes, distance between tentacular clusters, numbers of post cerebral eyes, extent of the marginal eyes, the location of the mouth, the structure of the male atrium, and the
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of prostatoids and the morphology of vagina. In
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: body is tapered posteriorly; tentacular eyes numbered
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each cluster,
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apart; the posterior cerebral eyes have 15 16 eyespots; marginal eyes extend up to cerebral organ; the mouth is located in the middle of pharynx; the male atrium has numerous villus-like projections, one
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of prostatoid exists; the vagina has one dorsal and ventral curve. Except the similar character states those mentioned above for
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this new species has: 2527 tentacular eyes; 810 eyespots in its post cerebral group and a male atrium with two distinct lobes.
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F74FFC9FF002BDD012CE211" bold="true" box="[151,288,1526,1549]" pageId="15" pageNumber="262">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Representation of the reproductive systems of
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F74FFC9FC9E2BDD03ECE216" box="[777,992,1526,1548]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="262">Discocelis hollemani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F74FFC9FC7F2BDC0436E216" bold="true" box="[1000,1082,1527,1548]" pageId="15" pageNumber="262">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(ZUTC Platy.1249). (AC) Male atrium structures; (D) Part of the female reproductive system. Abbreviations: ac, anterior canal; cfa, ciliated female atrium; cg, cement glands; cgo, common gonopore; ml, middle lobe; ov, oviduct; p, penis; pc, posterior canal; v, vagina; vd, vas deferens.
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F74FFC9FF50285C0150E294" box="[199,348,1654,1678]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="262">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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is different from
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F74FFC9FDBA285C0286E294" box="[557,650,1654,1678]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="262">D. fulva</emphasis>
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in terms of: cerebral eyes patterns, extent of the marginal eyes, the location of the mouth, the structure of the male atrium, the distribution of prostatoid organs on wall of the male atrium, the
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of prostatoids and finally the morphology of the vagina. In
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F74FFC9FC7C28940448E2CC" box="[1003,1092,1726,1750]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="262">D. fulva</emphasis>
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: cerebral eyes form two single elongate clusters; the marginal eyes extend up to the cerebral organ; the mouth is located in the middle of pharynx; the male atrium has numerous villus-like projections; prostatoids are scattered on the male atrium, posterior lobe's branch of the male atrium, dorsal to vagina, has no prostatoid organs; two different sizes of prostatoids exist; the vagina has one dorsal and ventral curve. In species describe here: cerebral eyes form two clusters each subdivided into anterior and posterior groups; the marginal eyes extend near to the posterior end of the body; the mouth is located at posterior end of the pharynx; two different
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of prostatoids in terms of size and content present; prostatoids encircle the posterior lobe of the male atrium; the vagina has two dorsal and ventral curves.
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FF002AD9012CE112" bold="true" box="[151,288,1266,1289]" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
Schematic reconstruction of the male atrium from different
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FC1C2AD803F9E113" box="[907,1013,1267,1289]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">Discocelis</emphasis>
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species, adopted from Beveridge (2000). (A)
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FF562B380129E13D" box="[193,293,1298,1320]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. tigrina</emphasis>
(Blanchard, 1847) Lang, 1884
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; (B)
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FD022B380301E13D" box="[661,781,1298,1320]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. japonica</emphasis>
Yeri and Kaburaki,1918
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; (C)
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FBAA2B3804ADE13D" box="[1085,1185,1297,1320]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. pusilla</emphasis>
Kato,1938
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;
<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FAB72B390548E13D" box="[1312,1348,1298,1319]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">(D)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C010CDF1F6BFFD6FADD2B380106E15F" authority="Kato, 1944" authorityName="Kato" authorityYear="1944" class="Rhabditophora" family="Discocelidae" genus="Discocelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="16" pageNumber="263" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="fulva">
<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FADD2B380590E13D" box="[1354,1436,1297,1320]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. fulva</emphasis>
Kato, 1944
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; (E)
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FEAC2B1B01A9E15C" box="[315,421,1328,1350]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">Discocelis</emphasis>
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sp. Beveridge, 2000; (F)
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FD3F2B1A0357E15C" box="[680,859,1328,1350]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. parvimaculata</emphasis>
Beveridge, 2000
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; (G)
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FBA82B1A04B1E15C" box="[1087,1213,1328,1350]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. australis,</emphasis>
Hyman, 1959
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FF502B5F0159E191" box="[199,341,1395,1419]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FE732B5F0242E191" box="[484,590,1395,1419]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. pusilla</emphasis>
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, with regard to: the number of post cerebral eyes (numbered
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and
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); the extent of the marginal eyes (extend to the level of cerebral organs in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FB672BB30550E1B5" box="[1264,1372,1431,1455]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. pusilla</emphasis>
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), and the structure of the male atrium (the male atrium has numerous villus- like projections in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FBE62B9704D2E1C9" box="[1137,1246,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. pusilla</emphasis>
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), the distribution of prostatoids on the male atrium wall (there is few prostatoids in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FCED2BCB03EAE1ED" box="[890,998,1503,1527]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. pusilla</emphasis>
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, while prostatoids are numerous in our species); and the morphology of the vagina (with one dorsal and ventral curve in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FB80282F048AE201" box="[1047,1158,1539,1563]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. Pusilla</emphasis>
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).
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The species described here also differs from
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FD4328030391E225" box="[724,925,1575,1599]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. parvimaculata</emphasis>
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in: number of cerebral eyes in anterior and posterior groups (anterior groups have 4165 eyespots, posterior groups have 520 eyespots for
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FB4128670590E279" box="[1238,1436,1611,1635]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. parvimaculata</emphasis>
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against 2025 anterior eyespots and 810 posterior eyespots for
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FCEB285B041CE29D" box="[892,1040,1647,1671]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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); the shape of the male atrium (in ventral view: three distinct lobes exist in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FDEB28BF0349E2B1" box="[636,837,1683,1707]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. parvimaculata</emphasis>
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, while there are two lobes in the species described here); the structure of the male atrium (in sagittal views, there are four distinct lobes in
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, while
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FA162893010BE2E9" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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has two lobes in the male atrium); the distribution of prostatoids on the anterior lob of the male atrium (the tip of the anterior lobe has large prostatoid organs on dorso-ventral sides in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FB83292B04A9E30D" box="[1044,1189,1791,1815]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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, while the anterior tip of the male atrium in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FE12290F0246E321" box="[389,586,1827,1851]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. parvimaculata</emphasis>
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has not prostatoids on ventral side; and the morphology of the vagina which has one dorsal and ventral curve in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FDB3296302E5E345" box="[548,745,1863,1887]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. parvimaculata</emphasis>
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and two dorsal and ventral curves in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FB1A2963052CE345" box="[1165,1312,1863,1887]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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.
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Finally,
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6BFFD6FEB0294701BCE399" box="[295,432,1899,1923]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="263">D. australis</emphasis>
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which its taxonomic position will be discussed later with: muscular seminal vesicle, cerebral eyes form single elongate groups, marginal eyes extend to level of cerebral organ and one
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of prostatoids is completely different with the species described here.
</paragraph>
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The two species described here differ from each other in terms of: body shape (the body tapered posteriorly in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FF002EB20100E4AA" box="[151,268,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. persica</emphasis>
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, while the posterior end of the body in
<taxonomicName id="4C010CDF1F6AFFD7FD5D2EB20351E4AA" box="[714,861,152,176]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Discocelidae" genus="Discocelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="17" pageNumber="264" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="hollemani">
<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FD5D2EB20351E4AA" box="[714,861,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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does not tapered); number of cerebral eyes both in posterior and anterior groups (anterior cerebral groups have 5052 eyespots and posterior cerebral groups have 25 30 eyespots in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FEDD2ECA01CEE4E2" box="[330,450,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. persica</emphasis>
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against 2025 anterior cerebral eyespots and 810 posterior cerebral eyespots in
<taxonomicName id="4C010CDF1F6AFFD7FA162ECA010BE506" class="Rhabditophora" family="Discocelidae" genus="Discocelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="17" pageNumber="264" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="hollemani">
<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FA162ECA010BE506" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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); the extent of the marginal eyes (marginal eyes extend to the level of cerebral organ in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FB4C2F2E055CE506" box="[1243,1360,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. persica</emphasis>
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; while extend near to the posterior end of body in
<taxonomicName id="4C010CDF1F6AFFD7FDE22F02030BE55A" box="[629,775,296,320]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Discocelidae" genus="Discocelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="17" pageNumber="264" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="hollemani">
<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FDE22F02030BE55A" box="[629,775,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. hollemani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the structure of the male atrium (the male atrium has four lobes in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FF612F660167E57E" box="[246,363,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. persica</emphasis>
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and two lobes in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FDA52F6602C9E57E" box="[562,709,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. hollemani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the distribution of prostatoids on the posterior lobe of the male atrium (prostatoids arranged centrally on posterior lobe in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FCDB2F5A03C9E592" box="[844,965,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. persica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while encircle the posterior lobe in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FA162F5A010BE5B6" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. hollemani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the
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of prostatoids (two different sizes in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FCBF2FBE0391E5B6" box="[808,925,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. persica</emphasis>
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, two
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of prostatoids in terms of size and content in
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<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FE812F9201A1E5CA" box="[278,429,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. hollemani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Although the spermiducal vesicle was not observed in
<taxonomicName id="4C010CDF1F6AFFD7FBC52F9204E5E5CA" box="[1106,1257,440,464]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Discocelidae" genus="Discocelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="17" pageNumber="264" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="hollemani">
<emphasis id="B975AB4E1F6AFFD7FBC52F9204E5E5CA" box="[1106,1257,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="264">D. hollemani</emphasis>
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, but cannot be considered characteristic, because in every specimen the vasa deferentia usually dilate more or less if the animal is sexually mature (
<bibRefCitation id="EF900AAD1F6AFFD7FECF2FD4023FE60D" author="Faubel" box="[344,563,511,535]" pageId="17" pageNumber="264" refString="Faubel, A. (1983) The Polycladida, Turbellaria. Proposal and establishment of a new system. Part I. The Acotylea. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgisches Zoologisches Museum und Institut, 80, 17 - 121." type="journal article" year="1983" yearSuffix="p">Faubel, 1983; p. 27</bibRefCitation>
)
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