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The epithet refers to the fact that the epidermal glands resemble small warts.
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Species of 
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wide distally, constricted in the middle (
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Live animal about 
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long, pinkish coloured, without eyes. Epidermis covered by warts-like glands (
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A–D: w), except in the caudal 20% of the body. Small rounded rhabdites visible over the entire body surface. Proboscis (
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: pr, 6E) with hooks bifurcate at the tip, forming a second small hook; main hook 
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: ph) 1/8–1/9 of the body length long, connected to the subterminal mouth (
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: m) by a long and spiny prepharyngeal cavity (
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A–B &amp; 6D: pph) that is three times longer than the pharynx.
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. A–B, anterior end of the body. C, copulatory bulb. D, general organisation. E, proboscis. F–G, copulatory bulb. A–D, from the live animal. E–G, from the holotype.
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Testis (
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: t) located ventro-laterally from the pharynx. Testis connected to a single seminal vesicle (
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C–D &amp; 6F–G: sv), opening proximally into the copulatory bulb. Prostate glands (
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F–G: prg) enter the copulatory bulb about at the entrance of the seminal vesicle. Copulatory bulb inverted-pear shaped, 
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long, comprising the prostate vesicle (
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C–D &amp; 6F–G: pv) and the spiny cirrus. Spiny cirrus (
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C–D &amp; 6F–G: ci) 
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long, 
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wide proximally, narrower at about its midpoint (
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), subdistally 
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wide, and narrowing to a distal triangular-shaped tip; as a whole the cirrus is arrow-like. Spines largest in the proximal end, 
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long (
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= 
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; n = 4) and distally 
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long (
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= 
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; n = 5).
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<paragraph id="6517368CFFE2FF88FF38FF51FCD80B69" blockId="10.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Vitellarium (
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: vi) extends behind the pharynx to the beginning of the copulatory bulb. Ovary and globular bursa (
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: b) located caudally from the copulatory bulb. Ovary (
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: ov) kidney shaped, with the oocytes in a row, diminishing in diameter from the most distal to the proximal end of the ovary. Only a connection between the bursa to the common atrium was observed.
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF38FEE0FE220B35" bold="true" box="[199,509,296,323]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Discussion on 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE88FEE0FE280B35" bold="true" box="[375,503,296,323]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana</emphasis>
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.
</emphasis>
All the above-mentioned species show the typical features of the genus (see 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FA7DFEE1FEBE0B11" author="De Beauchamp, P." pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="351 - 359" refId="ref18597" refString="De Beauchamp, P. (1927) Rhabdocoeles des sables a diatomees d'Archachon. I. Coup d'oeil sur l'association Schizorhynchidae. Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France, 52, 351 - 359." type="journal article" year="1927">de Beauchamp 1927</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FE8EFE85FDC50B11" author="Schilke, K." box="[369,538,333,359]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="143 - 265" refId="ref19875" refString="Schilke, K. (1970 a) Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria) aus dem Eulitoral der deutschen Nordseekuste. Helgolander wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 21, 143 - 265. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 01630522" type="journal article" year="1970">Schilke 1970a</bibRefCitation>
): a proboscis consisting of two muscle bulbs (“hook supports”) with simple, curved hooks, and with soft, not-sclerotized sidepieces, a cylindrical (barrel-shaped) pharynx with a long, often spiny prepharyngeal cavity, and only one ovary.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6517368CFFE2FF88FF38FE71FC740929" blockId="10.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
The specimen of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE78FE71FE450BA5" box="[391,410,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
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collected in 
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shows the diagnostic features of the species mentioned in the original description by 
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. Within the genus, an unarmed cirrus ending in a simple papilla as in 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FAD9FE15FAE60B81" box="[1318,1337,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
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is unique. The ejaculatory duct in the specimen from 
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(
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) is shorter than it is in the specimens from 
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(
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). As no other morphological differences between the specimens of both populations were observed, we consider both populations to belong to the same species. 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FCEEFD81FBD90815" box="[785,1030,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana terminalis</emphasis>
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, primarily described as a subspecies of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF49FDA5FF1608F1" box="[182,201,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
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by 
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, can be distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FCECFDA5FCB008F1" box="[787,879,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. asica</emphasis>
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by the long sclerotized ejaculatory which ends in a sclerotized cap. This is clearly present in the specimens from 
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. The specimens of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FB79FD59FB4608DD" box="[1158,1177,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
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from 
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(
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long) are noticeably smaller than the specimens recorded from Marseille (
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long) (
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), however, they are similar to the specimens from 
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(about 
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long) (
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FBFEFD11FB1C0885" author="Schockaert, E. R." box="[1025,1219,729,755]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="81 - 96" refId="ref19958" refString="Schockaert, E. R. (1982) Turbellaria from Somalia 2. Kalyptorhynchia (part 2). Monitore Zoologico Italiano, 18 (2), 81 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03749444.1982.10736660" type="journal article" year="1982">Schockaert 1982</bibRefCitation>
). Unfortunately, no measures of the copulatory organ of specimens from Marseilles, 
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and 
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are available. However, as there seem to be no morphological differences between the specimens from 
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and the specimens from the other populations, we prefer to keep them provisionally in the same species.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF38FCA1FE6309F5" box="[199,444,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana verrucosa</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE3BFCA1FDDB09F5" bold="true" box="[452,516,873,899]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
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is unique within the genus due it has hook supports that are more or less as long as the hooks themselves. In all other species of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD3EFC45FCE209D1" box="[705,829,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana</emphasis>
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, the hook supports are much shorter than the hooks. Considering that only one specimen was examined, it is unclear whether the difference in length between the two muscular hook supports of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE32FC1DFE3F0999" box="[461,480,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE11FC1EFD810999" box="[494,606,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD99FC1DFD780999" bold="true" box="[614,679,981,1007]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(see 
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) is real, or was caused by squeezing. Also the epidermis of the anterior 80% of the body covered with wart-like glands was never recorded from any other species of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF68FBD5FECC0E41" box="[151,275,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The detailed morphology and function of these glands is unknown. Distally bifurcate proboscis hooks as in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FF2AFB89FEB80E2D" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[213,359,1089,1115]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="verrucosa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF2AFB89FF370E2D" box="[213,232,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF08FB8AFEB80E2D" box="[247,359,1090,1115]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE90FB89FE6F0E2D" bold="true" box="[367,432,1089,1115]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
are only known from 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FD4FFB89FC100E2D" authority="Noldt, 1989" authorityName="Noldt" authorityYear="1989" box="[688,975,1089,1115]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="paradoxa">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD4FFB89FD1C0E2D" box="[688,707,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD2DFB89FCE20E2D" box="[722,829,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">paradoxa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FCBAFB89FC100E2D" author="Noldt, U." box="[837,975,1089,1115]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="199 - 256" refId="ref19734" refString="Noldt, U. (1989) Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes) from Sublittoral Coastal Areas near the Island of Sylt (North Sea). I. Schizorhynchia. Microfauna Marina, 1, 199 - 256." type="journal article" year="1989">Noldt, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. In 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FC04FB89FB570E2D" authorityName="Noldt" authorityYear="1989" box="[1019,1160,1089,1115]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="paradoxa">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FC04FB89FBD10E2D" box="[1019,1038,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FBE2FB89FB570E2D" box="[1053,1160,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">paradoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the proboscis hooks are larger (
<quantity id="A2509B69FFE2FF88FF18FBACFE840E09" box="[231,347,1124,1151]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="2.1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="23.0" valueMax="25.0" valueMin="21.0">21–25 µm</quantity>
long) than in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FE06FBADFD560E09" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[505,649,1125,1151]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="verrucosa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE06FBADFDD30E09" box="[505,524,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FDE6FBAEFD560E09" box="[537,649,1126,1151]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD6EFBADFD0F0E09" bold="true" box="[657,720,1125,1151]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<quantity id="A2509B69FFE2FF88FD20FBADFCF60E09" box="[735,809,1125,1151]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="17.0">17 µm</quantity>
long). Moreover, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FC0AFBADFB5F0E09" authorityName="Noldt" authorityYear="1989" box="[1013,1152,1125,1151]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="paradoxa">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FC0AFBADFBD70E09" box="[1013,1032,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FBEAFBADFB5F0E09" box="[1045,1152,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">paradoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has two seminal vesicles (
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FF60FB41FEFA0ED5" author="Noldt, U." box="[159,293,1161,1187]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="199 - 256" refId="ref19734" refString="Noldt, U. (1989) Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes) from Sublittoral Coastal Areas near the Island of Sylt (North Sea). I. Schizorhynchia. Microfauna Marina, 1, 199 - 256." type="journal article" year="1989">Noldt 1989</bibRefCitation>
), whereas in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FE41FB41FD8F0ED5" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[446,592,1161,1187]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="verrucosa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE41FB41FD8F0ED5" box="[446,592,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE2FF88FDA6FB41FD440ED5" box="[601,667,1161,1187]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FDA6FB41FD440ED5" bold="true" box="[601,667,1161,1187]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
there is only one. Recently, 
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erected a new genus, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FF68FB65FE330EB1" authority="Armonies, 2018" authorityName="Armonies" authorityYear="2018" box="[151,492,1197,1223]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Cheliplanidae" genus="Dactyloplana" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF68FB65FEF00EB1" box="[151,303,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Dactyloplana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FECAFB65FE330EB1" author="Armonies, W." box="[309,492,1197,1223]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 29" refId="ref18145" refString="Armonies, W. (2018) Uncharted biodiversity in the marine benthos: the void of the smallish with description of ten new Platyhelminth taxa from the well-studied North Sea. Helgoland Marine Research, 72 (18), 1 - 29. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 10152 - 018 - 0520 - 8" type="journal article" year="2018">Armonies, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, to include 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FD92FB65FD270EB1" authorityName="Noldt" authorityYear="1989" box="[621,760,1197,1223]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="paradoxa">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD92FB65FD5F0EB1" box="[621,640,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD72FB65FD270EB1" box="[653,760,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">paradoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FCD1FB65FB220EB1" authority="Armonies, 2018" authorityName="Armonies" authorityYear="2018" box="[814,1277,1197,1223]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Cheliplanidae" genus="Dactyloplana" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="tridigitata">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FCD1FB65FB9F0EB1" box="[814,1088,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Dactyloplana tridigitata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FBBBFB65FB220EB1" author="Armonies, W." box="[1092,1277,1197,1223]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 29" refId="ref18145" refString="Armonies, W. (2018) Uncharted biodiversity in the marine benthos: the void of the smallish with description of ten new Platyhelminth taxa from the well-studied North Sea. Helgoland Marine Research, 72 (18), 1 - 29. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 10152 - 018 - 0520 - 8" type="journal article" year="2018">Armonies, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. The only feature distinguishing species of 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FE19FB19FDA10E9D" authorityName="Armonies" authorityYear="2018" box="[486,638,1233,1259]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Cheliplanidae" genus="Dactyloplana" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE19FB19FDA10E9D" box="[486,638,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Dactyloplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from those of 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FCDBFB19FC7F0E9D" authorityName="de Beauchamp" authorityYear="1927" box="[804,928,1233,1259]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FCDBFB19FC7F0E9D" box="[804,928,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the distally-split hooks in the former ones. However, considering the lack of other morphological differences and of molecular evidence, we decide here to keep both 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FEF3FAD1FE480F45" authorityName="Noldt" authorityYear="1989" box="[268,407,1305,1331]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="paradoxa">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FEF3FAD1FEC00F45" box="[268,287,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FED3FAD1FE480F45" box="[300,407,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">paradoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FE31FAD1FD800F45" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[462,607,1305,1331]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="verrucosa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE31FAD1FE3E0F45" box="[462,481,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE10FAD2FD800F45" box="[495,607,1306,1331]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE2FF88FD99FAD1FD7A0F45" box="[614,677,1305,1331]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD99FAD1FD7A0F45" bold="true" box="[614,677,1305,1331]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
within the genus 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FC93FAD1FC370F45" authorityName="de Beauchamp" authorityYear="1927" box="[876,1000,1305,1331]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FC93FAD1FC370F45" box="[876,1000,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6517368CFFE2FF88FF38FAF5FDA30C95" blockId="10.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Also 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FEFBFAF5FE480F21" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[260,407,1341,1367]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="gibarenha" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FEFBFAF5FEC80F21" box="[260,279,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FEDAFAF5FE480F21" box="[293,407,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">gibarenha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE2FF88FE60FAF5FE000F21" box="[415,479,1341,1367]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE60FAF5FE000F21" bold="true" box="[415,479,1341,1367]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
has only one seminal vesicle, a feature shared with only seven other species of 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FA99FAF5FF390F0D" authorityName="de Beauchamp" authorityYear="1927" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FA99FAF5FF390F0D" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FF06FAA9FE520F0D" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[249,397,1377,1403]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="verrucosa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF06FAA9FE520F0D" box="[249,397,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE2FF88FE68FAA9FE070F0D" box="[407,472,1377,1403]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE68FAA9FE0C0F0D" bold="true" box="[407,467,1377,1403]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FE14FAA9FCC40F0D" authority="Karling, 1983" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1983" box="[491,795,1377,1403]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="evdonini">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE14FAA9FDB00F0D" box="[491,623,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. evdonini</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FD85FAA9FCC40F0D" author="Karling, T. G." box="[634,795,1377,1403]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="77 - 89" refId="ref19306" refString="Karling, T. G. (1983) Structural and systematic studies on Turbellaria Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes). Zoologica Scripta, 12 (2), 77 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1983. tb 00552. x" type="journal article" year="1983">Karling, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FCD5FAA9FAD00F0D" ID-CoL="6Y7B3" authority="(Karling, 1956) Karling, 1983" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1983" baseAuthorityName="Karling" baseAuthorityYear="1956" box="[810,1295,1376,1403]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Schizorhynchidae" genus="Schizochilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="marcusi">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FCD5FAA9FC780F0D" box="[810,935,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. marcusi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FC46FAA9FB840F0D" author="Karling, T. G." box="[953,1115,1376,1403]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="187 - 279" refId="ref19272" refString="Karling, T. G. (1956) Morphologisch-histologische Untersuchungen an den mannlichen Atrialorganen der Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria). Arkiv for Zoologi, 9 (7), 187 - 279." type="journal article" year="1956">Karling, 1956</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FB92FAA9FAD00F0D" author="Karling, T. G." box="[1133,1295,1377,1403]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="77 - 89" refId="ref19306" refString="Karling, T. G. (1983) Structural and systematic studies on Turbellaria Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes). Zoologica Scripta, 12 (2), 77 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1983. tb 00552. x" type="journal article" year="1983">Karling, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FAE2FAA9FE2A0FE9" authority="(Meixner, 1928) Karling, 1983" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1983" baseAuthorityName="Meixner" baseAuthorityYear="1928" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="remanei">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FAE2FAA9FAEF0F0D" box="[1309,1328,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FABDFAAAFA420F0D" box="[1346,1437,1378,1403]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">remanei</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FF60FA4DFE990FE9" author="Meixner, J." box="[159,326,1413,1439]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="229 - 253" refId="ref19604" refString="Meixner, J. (1928) Aberrante Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela) aus dem Sande der Kieler Bucht. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 77, 229 - 253." type="journal article" year="1928">Meixner, 1928</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FEA9FA4DFE2A0FE9" author="Karling, T. G." box="[342,501,1413,1439]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="77 - 89" refId="ref19306" refString="Karling, T. G. (1983) Structural and systematic studies on Turbellaria Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes). Zoologica Scripta, 12 (2), 77 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1983. tb 00552. x" type="journal article" year="1983">Karling, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FDFFFA4DFC2E0FE9" authority="Gobert, Reygel &amp; Artois, 2017" authorityName="Gobert, Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2017" box="[512,1009,1413,1439]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="sarnensis">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FDFFFA4DFD540FE9" box="[512,651,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. sarnensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FD6CFA4DFC2E0FE9" author="Gobert, S. &amp; Reygel, P. &amp; Artois, T." box="[659,1009,1413,1439]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 19" refId="ref19031" refString="Gobert, S., Reygel, P. &amp; Artois, T. (2017) Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes Rhabdocoela) of Lanzarote (Canary Islands), with the description of eight new species. Marine Biodiversity, 1 - 19. [published online] https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 017 - 0736 - x" type="book chapter" year="2017">Gobert, Reygel &amp; Artois, 2017</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FC03FA4DFADB0FE9" authority="Noldt, 1989" authorityName="Noldt" authorityYear="1989" box="[1020,1284,1413,1439]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="schilkei">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FC03FA4DFBD00FE9" box="[1020,1039,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FBE1FA4DFBAB0FE9" box="[1054,1140,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">schilkei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FB84FA4DFADB0FE9" author="Noldt, U." box="[1147,1284,1413,1439]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="199 - 256" refId="ref19734" refString="Noldt, U. (1989) Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes) from Sublittoral Coastal Areas near the Island of Sylt (North Sea). I. Schizorhynchia. Microfauna Marina, 1, 199 - 256." type="journal article" year="1989">Noldt, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FAC0FA4DFE310FB5" authority="(Marcus, 1952) Karling, 1983" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1983" baseAuthorityName="Marcus" baseAuthorityYear="1952" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="targa">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FAC0FA4DFA8D0FE9" box="[1343,1362,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FA9EFA4EFA420FE9" box="[1377,1437,1414,1439]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">targa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FF60FA61FEE20FB5" author="Marcus, E." box="[159,317,1448,1475]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="5 - 187" refId="ref19552" refString="Marcus, E. (1952) Turbellaria Brasileiros (10). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 17, 5 - 187. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1952.125189" type="journal article" year="1952">Marcus, 1952</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FEB1FA61FE310FB5" author="Karling, T. G." box="[334,494,1449,1475]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="77 - 89" refId="ref19306" refString="Karling, T. G. (1983) Structural and systematic studies on Turbellaria Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes). Zoologica Scripta, 12 (2), 77 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1983. tb 00552. x" type="journal article" year="1983">Karling, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FE05FA61FD2E0FB5" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[506,753,1449,1475]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="gibarenha" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FE05FA61FD2E0FB5" box="[506,753,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana gibarenha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FD05FA61FCE40FB5" bold="true" box="[762,827,1449,1475]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is the only one of these species in which the seminal vesicle has a caudal position, and in which the copulatory bulb is oriented forwards, both features unique even within the entire genus. Apart from that it can be distinguished from the other five species with only one seminal vesicle mostly by the detailed structure of the copulatory organ. In 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FC73F9DDFBC00C59" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[908,1055,1557,1583]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="gibarenha" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FC73F9DDFBC00C59" box="[908,1055,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. gibarenha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FBD8F9DDFBB80C59" bold="true" box="[1063,1127,1557,1583]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
the copulatory bulb is very long, with a long cirrus, which only in its most distal, widened part bears small spines. In all other species the cirrus is either short or long, but always completely or for the greater part covered with spines, often showing several species-specific features of its own, such as the presence of an additional stylet in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FBCEF949FB510CED" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1983" baseAuthorityName="Marcus" baseAuthorityYear="1952" box="[1073,1166,1665,1691]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="targa">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FBCEF949FB510CED" box="[1073,1166,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. targa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[for details on the other species: see 
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, 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FE2FF96DFDD30CC9" author="Karling, T. G." box="[464,524,1701,1727]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="77 - 89" refId="ref19306" refString="Karling, T. G. (1983) Structural and systematic studies on Turbellaria Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes). Zoologica Scripta, 12 (2), 77 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1983. tb 00552. x" type="journal article" year="1983">1983</bibRefCitation>
); 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FDDEF96DFD660CC9" author="Noldt, U." box="[545,697,1700,1727]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="199 - 256" refId="ref19734" refString="Noldt, U. (1989) Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes) from Sublittoral Coastal Areas near the Island of Sylt (North Sea). I. Schizorhynchia. Microfauna Marina, 1, 199 - 256." type="journal article" year="1989">Noldt (1989)</bibRefCitation>
]. Of these species, 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FC6EF96DFC7B0CC9" box="[913,932,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FC4DF96EFBD40CC9" box="[946,1035,1702,1727]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">marcusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unique within the genus because its proboscis hooks bear a pair of denticles.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FF38F925FE220D71" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[199,509,1773,1799]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="spuriaseminalis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF38F925FE220D71" box="[199,509,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana spuriaseminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FDFAF925FD9A0D71" bold="true" box="[517,581,1773,1799]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is the only species of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FCBBF925FC1F0D71" box="[836,960,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that has one atrophied and one functional seminal vesicle. Indeed, we could not observe any connection between the atrophied seminal vesicle and the testis. In 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE2FF88FF49F8FDFC060D39" authority="Van Steenkiste, Volonterio, Schockaert &amp; Artois, 2008" authorityName="Van Steenkiste, Volonterio, Schockaert &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2008" box="[182,985,1845,1871]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="uruguayensis">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FF49F8FDFEB30D39" box="[182,364,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. uruguayensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FE8CF8FDFC060D39" author="Van Steenkiste, N. &amp; Volonterio, O. &amp; Schockaert, E. &amp; Artois, T." box="[371,985,1845,1871]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 33" refId="ref20379" refString="Van Steenkiste, N., Volonterio, O., Schockaert, E. &amp; Artois, T. (2008) Marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Uruguay, with the description of eight new species and two new genera. Zootaxa, 1914, 1 - 33." type="journal article" year="2008">Van Steenkiste, Volonterio, Schockaert &amp; Artois, 2008</bibRefCitation>
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, there are also two morphologically different seminal vesicles. In this species, however, one show the basic morphology, while the second one is larger and surrounded by a thick muscle coat; both are connected to the single testis (
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FC2BF8B5FB240DE1" author="Van Steenkiste, N. &amp; Volonterio, O. &amp; Schockaert, E. &amp; Artois, T." box="[980,1275,1917,1943]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 33" refId="ref20379" refString="Van Steenkiste, N., Volonterio, O., Schockaert, E. &amp; Artois, T. (2008) Marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Uruguay, with the description of eight new species and two new genera. Zootaxa, 1914, 1 - 33." type="journal article" year="2008">
Van Steenkiste 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FB7DF8B6FB650DE1" box="[1154,1210,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al.</emphasis>
2008
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) and are filled with sperm, and hence seem to be functional. Members of the related genus 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE2FF88FC12F869FB5E0DCD" box="[1005,1153,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cheliplanilla</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE2FF88FB77F869FAF30DCD" author="Meixner, J." box="[1160,1324,1953,1979]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="1 - 146" refId="ref19634" refString="Meixner, J. (1938) 4. Turbellaria (Strudelwurmer). Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee, 33, 1 - 146." type="journal article" year="1938">Meixner, 1938</bibRefCitation>
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also have one seminal vesicle that ends blindly. However, in species of this genus both seminal vesicles contain sperm. More- over, species of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEAEFF51FE3A0AC5" box="[337,485,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplanilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
all have denticles on the proboscis hooks, and have heavily-sclerotized rod-shaped proboscis sidepieces (see 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FE49FF75FD890AA1" author="Meixner, J." box="[438,598,189,215]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="1 - 146" refId="ref19634" refString="Meixner, J. (1938) 4. Turbellaria (Strudelwurmer). Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee, 33, 1 - 146." type="journal article" year="1938">Meixner 1938</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FD9EFF75FD300AA1" author="Brunet, M." box="[609,751,189,215]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="421 - 440" refId="ref18477" refString="Brunet, M. (1968) Turbellaries Karkinorhynchidae de la region de Marseille. Les genres Cheliplana et Cheliplanilla. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 9, 421 - 440." type="journal article" year="1968">Brunet 1968</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FD05FF75FC430AA1" author="Schilke, K." box="[762,924,189,215]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="143 - 265" refId="ref19875" refString="Schilke, K. (1970 a) Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria) aus dem Eulitoral der deutschen Nordseekuste. Helgolander wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 21, 143 - 265. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 01630522" type="journal article" year="1970">Schilke 1970a</bibRefCitation>
; 
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Gobert 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FC04FF76FBEC0AA1" box="[1019,1075,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
2017
</bibRefCitation>
), features not shared by 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FA7CFF75FE970A8D" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. spuriaseminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEAFFF29FE500A8D" bold="true" box="[336,399,225,251]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6517368CFFE3FF89FF38FECDFB1808B9" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1835]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF38FECDFE240B69" box="[199,507,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana spuriaseminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FDFCFECDFD9D0B69" bold="true" box="[515,578,261,287]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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has a rather short unarmed cirrus. Only few other species of 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FB15FECDFAB90B69" authorityName="de Beauchamp" authorityYear="1927" box="[1258,1382,261,287]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FB15FECDFAB90B69" box="[1258,1382,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lack hard structures in the copulatory organ, and most of them have a very long (&gt; 
<quantity id="A2509B69FFE3FF89FBECFEE1FBB30B35" box="[1043,1132,297,323]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" unit="mm" value="100.0">100 µm</quantity>
) unarmed cirrus (
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FAC7FEE1FA4A0B35" box="[1336,1429,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. asica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FF68FE85FEF30B11" authorityName="Brunet" authorityYear="1968" box="[151,300,333,359]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="terminalis">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF68FE85FEF30B11" box="[151,300,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. terminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FEC3FE85FDAD0B11" authority="Karling, 1983" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1983" box="[316,626,333,359]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="vaginalis">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEC3FE85FE180B11" box="[316,455,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. vaginalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FE2FFE85FDAD0B11" author="Karling, T. G." box="[464,626,333,359]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="77 - 89" refId="ref19306" refString="Karling, T. G. (1983) Structural and systematic studies on Turbellaria Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes). Zoologica Scripta, 12 (2), 77 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1983. tb 00552. x" type="journal article" year="1983">Karling, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
). Only in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FD17FE85FBC50B11" authority="Brunet, 1966" authorityName="Brunet" authorityYear="1966" box="[744,1050,333,359]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="rubescens">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD17FE85FCA30B11" box="[744,892,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. rubescens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FC7AFE85FBC50B11" author="Brunet, M." box="[901,1050,333,359]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="721 - 730" refId="ref18400" refString="Brunet, M. (1966) Sur quelques Turbellaries calyptorhynques de sables fins de la region de Marseille. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 91 (4), 721 - 730." type="journal article" year="1966">Brunet, 1966</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FBAAFE85FA470B11" authority="Boaden, 1965" authorityName="Boaden" authorityYear="1965" box="[1109,1432,332,359]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="hypergyna">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FBAAFE85FB310B11" box="[1109,1262,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. hypergyna</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FB08FE85FA470B11" author="Boaden, P. J. S." box="[1271,1432,332,359]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="216 - 218" refId="ref18366" refString="Boaden, P. J. S. (1965) A new interstitial turbellarian Cheliplana hypergyna n. sp. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, 34, 216 - 218." type="journal article" year="1965">Boaden, 1965</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, two species up to now known only from the Mediterranean, is the unarmed cirrus comparable in length to that of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF68FE5DFEB50BD9" box="[151,362,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. spuriaseminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE3FF89FE8DFE5DFE6D0BD9" box="[370,434,405,431]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE8DFE5DFE6D0BD9" bold="true" box="[370,434,405,431]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
. 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FE3EFE5DFD650BD9" authorityName="Boaden" authorityYear="1965" box="[449,698,405,431]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="hypergyna">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE3EFE5DFD650BD9" box="[449,698,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana hypergyna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can easily be distinguished by the highly muscular vagina that is subdivided into several compartments, which is easily seen even in live animals (
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FBD1FE71FB100BA5" author="Boaden, P. J. S." box="[1070,1231,440,467]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="216 - 218" refId="ref18366" refString="Boaden, P. J. S. (1965) A new interstitial turbellarian Cheliplana hypergyna n. sp. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, 34, 216 - 218." type="journal article" year="1965">Boaden, 1965</bibRefCitation>
; own unpublished observations) and by the simple construction of the cirrus, which is no more than a sclerotized tube evenly tapering towards its distal end. According to Boaden, only the most distal part of the cirrus is eversible, and this part “ 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FAA6FDCAFD930849" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sometimes displays a number of fine ridges”</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FDA6FDEDFD2D0849" author="Boaden, P. J. S." box="[601,754,548,575]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="216 - 218" refId="ref18366" refString="Boaden, P. J. S. (1965) A new interstitial turbellarian Cheliplana hypergyna n. sp. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, 34, 216 - 218." type="journal article" year="1965">Boaden 1965</bibRefCitation>
). Such ridges are recorded to be present over the entire length of the cirrus of 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FEB5FD81FE030815" authorityName="Brunet" authorityYear="1966" box="[330,476,585,611]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="rubescens">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEB5FD81FE030815" box="[330,476,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. rubescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but are lacking in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FD4AFD81FC570815" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[693,904,585,611]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="spuriaseminalis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD4AFD81FC570815" box="[693,904,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. spuriaseminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE3FF89FC6EFD81FC0D0815" box="[913,978,585,611]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FC6EFD81FC0D0815" bold="true" box="[913,978,585,611]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
. The copulatory bulb of 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FB10FD81FA5E0815" authorityName="Brunet" authorityYear="1966" box="[1263,1409,585,611]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="rubescens">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FB10FD81FA5E0815" box="[1263,1409,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. rubescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most comparable to that of 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FE32FDA5FD7F08F1" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[461,672,621,647]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="spuriaseminalis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE32FDA5FD7F08F1" box="[461,672,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. spuriaseminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE3FF89FD57FDA5FD3708F1" box="[680,744,621,647]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD57FDA5FD3708F1" bold="true" box="[680,744,621,647]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, apparently also showing the curve at about its midpoint (see 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FF68FD59FEF908DD" author="Brunet, M." box="[151,294,657,683]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="721 - 730" refId="ref18400" refString="Brunet, M. (1966) Sur quelques Turbellaries calyptorhynques de sables fins de la region de Marseille. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 91 (4), 721 - 730." type="journal article" year="1966">Brunet 1966</bibRefCitation>
: 
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). However, the cirrus of 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FD79FD59FC8808DD" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[646,855,657,683]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="spuriaseminalis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD79FD59FC8808DD" box="[646,855,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. spuriaseminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FCA1FD59FC4208DD" bold="true" box="[862,925,657,683]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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is much less broad, widening abruptly only at the most distal end to a broad space surrounded by longitudinal muscles but without any ridges.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6517368CFFE3FF89FF38FD11FD760E41" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1835]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FF38FD11FE0C0885" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[199,467,729,755]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="santiaguera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF38FD11FE0C0885" box="[199,467,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana santiaguera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE3FF89FE24FD11FDC20885" box="[475,541,729,755]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE24FD11FDC20885" bold="true" box="[475,541,729,755]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FDA9FD11FCC80885" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[598,791,729,755]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="subproximalis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FDA9FD11FDB60885" box="[598,617,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD86FD11FCC80885" box="[633,791,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">subproximalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE3FF89FCE0FD11FCBE0885" box="[799,865,729,755]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FCE0FD11FCBE0885" bold="true" box="[799,865,729,755]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
have two functional seminal vesicles and a cirrus armed with spines, without stylet or accessory cirrus (or cirri). This is the most common situation in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FAE6FD35FA4A0961" authorityName="de Beauchamp" authorityYear="1927" box="[1305,1429,765,791]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FAE6FD35FA4A0961" box="[1305,1429,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Among species with such a combination of features, some species show a long, winding cirrus, only the complete distal part of which is provided with spines (
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FD72FC8DFC750929" authority="Brunet, 1968" authorityName="Brunet" authorityYear="1968" box="[653,938,837,863]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="hiemalis">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD72FC8DFCD20929" box="[653,781,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. hiemalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FCEBFC8DFC750929" author="Brunet, M." box="[788,938,837,863]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="421 - 440" refId="ref18477" refString="Brunet, M. (1968) Turbellaries Karkinorhynchidae de la region de Marseille. Les genres Cheliplana et Cheliplanilla. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 9, 421 - 440." type="journal article" year="1968">Brunet, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FC4AFC8DFA980929" authority="Noldt &amp; Hoxhold, 1984" authorityName="Noldt &amp; Hoxhold" authorityYear="1984" box="[949,1351,837,863]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="pacifica">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FC4AFC8DFBEF0929" box="[949,1072,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. pacifica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FBC7FC8DFA980929" author="Noldt, U. &amp; Hoxhold, S." box="[1080,1351,837,863]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="7 - 85" refId="ref19661" refString="Noldt, U. &amp; Hoxhold, S. (1984) Interstitielle fauna von Galapagos- 34. Schizorhynchia (Plathelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia). Microfauna Marina, 5, 7 - 85." type="journal article" year="1984">Noldt &amp; Hoxhold, 1984</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FA7CFC8DFEB509F5" authority="Ax, 1959" authorityName="Ax" authorityYear="1959" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="euxeinos">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FA7CFC8DFF2609F5" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. euxeinos</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FF00FCA1FEB509F5" author="Ax, P." box="[255,362,872,899]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="43 - 184" refId="ref18240" refString="Ax, P. (1959) Zur Systematik Oekologie und Tiergeographie der Turbellarienfauna in den pontokaspischen Brackwassermeeren. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 87, 43 - 184." type="journal article" year="1959">Ax, 1959</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
). Other species (
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FDDDFCA1FCEA09F5" authority="Evdonin, 1977" authorityName="Evdonin" authorityYear="1977" box="[546,821,873,899]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="setosa">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FDDDFCA1FD5709F5" box="[546,648,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. setosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FD71FCA1FCEA09F5" author="Evdonin, L. A." box="[654,821,873,899]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="1 - 400" refId="ref18996" refString="Evdonin, L. A. (1977) Fauna USSR Turbellaria: Proboscis Turbellaria Kalyptorhynchus of the USSR fauna and adjacent areas. Fauna of the USSR, 115, 1 - 400." type="journal article" year="1977">Evdonin, 1977</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FCC0FCA1FC6109F5" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1983" box="[831,958,873,899]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="evdonini">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FCC0FCA1FC6109F5" box="[831,958,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. evdonini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) have a short cirrus, typically consisting of three different regions (for details see 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FDC4FC45FD0409D1" author="Evdonin, L. A." box="[571,731,909,935]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="1 - 400" refId="ref18996" refString="Evdonin, L. A. (1977) Fauna USSR Turbellaria: Proboscis Turbellaria Kalyptorhynchus of the USSR fauna and adjacent areas. Fauna of the USSR, 115, 1 - 400." type="journal article" year="1977">Evdonin 1977</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FD1AFC45FCA409D1" author="Karling, T. G." box="[741,891,909,935]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="77 - 89" refId="ref19306" refString="Karling, T. G. (1983) Structural and systematic studies on Turbellaria Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes). Zoologica Scripta, 12 (2), 77 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1983. tb 00552. x" type="journal article" year="1983">Karling 1983</bibRefCitation>
), which is not the case in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FB6BFC45FA4309D1" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[1172,1436,909,935]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="santiaguera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FB6BFC45FA4309D1" box="[1172,1436,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana santiaguera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE3FF89FF68FC79FF0A09BD" box="[151,213,945,971]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF68FC79FF0F09BD" bold="true" box="[151,208,945,971]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, nor in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FED1FC79FE3209BD" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[302,493,945,971]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="subproximalis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FED1FC79FE9E09BD" box="[302,321,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEB0FC79FE3209BD" box="[335,493,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">subproximalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CEF57E5FFE3FF89FE0BFC79FDEC09BD" box="[500,563,945,971]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE0BFC79FDF209BD" bold="true" box="[500,557,945,971]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
The remaining species can be divided into two groups, one consisting of species with a cirrus that is at most three times as long as broad (
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FC9FFC1DFB520999" authority="Noldt, 1989" authorityName="Noldt" authorityYear="1989" box="[864,1165,981,1007]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="gemmifera">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FC9FFC1DFC250999" box="[864,1018,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. gemmifera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FBFCFC1DFB520999" author="Noldt, U." box="[1027,1165,981,1007]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="199 - 256" refId="ref19734" refString="Noldt, U. (1989) Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes) from Sublittoral Coastal Areas near the Island of Sylt (North Sea). I. Schizorhynchia. Microfauna Marina, 1, 199 - 256." type="journal article" year="1989">Noldt, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FB65FC1DFF0D0E65" authority="Evdonin, 1977" authorityName="Evdonin" authorityYear="1977" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mamkaevi">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FB65FC1DFAF10999" box="[1178,1326,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. mamkaevi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FAC9FC1DFF0D0E65" author="Evdonin, L. A." pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="1 - 400" refId="ref18996" refString="Evdonin, L. A. (1977) Fauna USSR Turbellaria: Proboscis Turbellaria Kalyptorhynchus of the USSR fauna and adjacent areas. Fauna of the USSR, 115, 1 - 400." type="journal article" year="1977">Evdonin, 1977</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FF21FC31FDCC0E65" authority="Noldt, 1989" authorityName="Noldt" authorityYear="1989" box="[222,531,1017,1043]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="microcirrus">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF21FC31FE5D0E65" box="[222,386,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. microcirrus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FE76FC31FDCC0E65" author="Noldt, U." box="[393,531,1017,1043]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="199 - 256" refId="ref19734" refString="Noldt, U. (1989) Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes) from Sublittoral Coastal Areas near the Island of Sylt (North Sea). I. Schizorhynchia. Microfauna Marina, 1, 199 - 256." type="journal article" year="1989">Noldt, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FDE1FC31FC930E65" authority="Brunet, 1968" authorityName="Brunet" authorityYear="1968" box="[542,844,1017,1043]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="piriformis">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FDE1FC31FD700E65" box="[542,687,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. piriformis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FD48FC31FC930E65" author="Brunet, M." box="[695,844,1017,1043]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="421 - 440" refId="ref18477" refString="Brunet, M. (1968) Turbellaries Karkinorhynchidae de la region de Marseille. Les genres Cheliplana et Cheliplanilla. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 9, 421 - 440." type="journal article" year="1968">Brunet, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FCA7FC31FC1A0E65" box="[856,965,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. pusilla</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FC32FC31FBBD0E62" author="Brunet, M." box="[973,1122,1017,1044]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="421 - 440" refId="ref18477" refString="Brunet, M. (1968) Turbellaries Karkinorhynchidae de la region de Marseille. Les genres Cheliplana et Cheliplanilla. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 9, 421 - 440." type="journal article" year="1968">Brunet, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
), the other group consisting of species with a cirrus that is relatively longer.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FF38FB89FE0F0E2D" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[199,464,1089,1115]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="santiaguera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF38FB89FE0F0E2D" box="[199,464,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana santiaguera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE2AFB89FDCB0E2D" bold="true" box="[469,532,1089,1115]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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belongs to the latter group, with a cirrus that most resembles that of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FAF7FB89FAC40E2D" box="[1288,1307,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FAD7FB89FF020E09" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">barringtonensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FF18FBADFE220E09" author="Noldt, U. &amp; Hoxhold, S." box="[231,509,1125,1151]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="7 - 85" refId="ref19661" refString="Noldt, U. &amp; Hoxhold, S. (1984) Interstitielle fauna von Galapagos- 34. Schizorhynchia (Plathelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia). Microfauna Marina, 5, 7 - 85." type="journal article" year="1984">Noldt &amp; Hoxhold, 1984</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FDF5FBADFC8F0E09" authority="Karling, 1989" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1989" box="[522,848,1125,1151]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="californica">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FDF5FBADFD760E09" box="[522,681,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. californica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FD4DFBADFC8F0E09" author="Karling, T. G." box="[690,848,1125,1151]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="19 - 32" refId="ref19357" refString="Karling, T. G. (1989) New taxa of Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes) from the N. American Pacific coast. Zoologica Scripta, 18 (1), 19 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1989. tb 00120. x" type="journal article" year="1989">Karling, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FC9EFBADFAAA0E09" authority="Gobert, Reygel &amp; Artois, 2017" authorityName="Gobert, Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2017" box="[865,1397,1125,1151]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="canariensis">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FC9EFBADFBDA0E09" box="[865,1029,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. canariensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FBF0FBADFAAA0E09" author="Gobert, S. &amp; Reygel, P. &amp; Artois, T." box="[1039,1397,1125,1151]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="1 - 19" refId="ref19031" refString="Gobert, S., Reygel, P. &amp; Artois, T. (2017) Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes Rhabdocoela) of Lanzarote (Canary Islands), with the description of eight new species. Marine Biodiversity, 1 - 19. [published online] https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 017 - 0736 - x" type="book chapter" year="2017">Gobert, Reygel &amp; Artois, 2017</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FA7CFBADFED00ED5" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1989" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="elkhornica">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FA7CFBADFED00ED5" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. elkhornica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FEB3FB41FD8D0ED5" authority="Ax, 1959" authorityName="Ax" authorityYear="1959" box="[332,594,1160,1187]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="orthocirra">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEB3FB41FE3E0ED5" box="[332,481,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. orthocirra</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01394B7DFFE3FF89FE18FB41FD8D0ED5" author="Ax, P." box="[487,594,1160,1187]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="43 - 184" refId="ref18240" refString="Ax, P. (1959) Zur Systematik Oekologie und Tiergeographie der Turbellarienfauna in den pontokaspischen Brackwassermeeren. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 87, 43 - 184." type="journal article" year="1959">Ax, 1959</bibRefCitation>
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. These species are characterised by a cirrus of moderate length, all between 
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(
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)
</emphasis>
and 
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(
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD98FB65FCDD0EB1" box="[615,770,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. elkhornica</emphasis>
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) long. 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FCA9FB65FBBE0EB1" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[854,1121,1197,1223]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="santiaguera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FCA9FB65FBBE0EB1" box="[854,1121,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana santiaguera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FB95FB65FB740EB1" bold="true" box="[1130,1195,1197,1223]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from most of these species because the spines are of equal length over the entire surface. Only in 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FB34FB19FA430E9D" box="[1227,1436,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. barringtonensis</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF39FB3DFE810F79" box="[198,350,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. elkhornica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are the spines of equal size over the entire length. However, in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FBE2FB3DFB6A0F79" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1989" box="[1053,1205,1269,1295]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="elkhornica">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FBE2FB3DFB6A0F79" box="[1053,1205,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. elkhornica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the spines of the cirrus are sturdier and longer than in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FDEEFAD1FD680F45" authority="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois, 2019" authorityName="Diez &amp; Reygel &amp; Artois" authorityYear="2019" box="[529,695,1305,1331]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="santiaguera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FDEEFAD1FD680F45" box="[529,695,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. santiaguera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD42FAD1FD240F45" bold="true" box="[701,763,1305,1331]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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(
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vs 
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), and the cirrus itself is also much longer in 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FF4CFAF5FE950F21" authorityName="Karling" authorityYear="1989" box="[179,330,1341,1367]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="elkhornica">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF4CFAF5FE950F21" box="[179,330,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. elkhornica</emphasis>
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than in 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE5EFAF5FD990F21" box="[417,582,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. santiaguera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FDB4FAF5FD5C0F21" bold="true" box="[587,643,1341,1367]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
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vs 
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). 
<taxonomicName id="A2A84D0FFFE3FF89FC9EFAF5FBED0F21" authorityName="Noldt &amp; Hoxhold" authorityYear="1984" box="[865,1074,1341,1367]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Karkinorhynchidae" genus="Cheliplana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabdocoela" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="barringtonensis">
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FC9EFAF5FBED0F21" box="[865,1074,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. barringtonensis</emphasis>
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has a spiny cirrus of comparable length to that of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEA8FAA9FE200F0D" box="[343,511,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. santiaguera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FDF7FAA9FD960F0D" bold="true" box="[520,585,1377,1403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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(
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), but also in this species the spines are larger (
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) than in 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FA7CFAA9FEC20FE9" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. santiaguera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEDBFA4DFEBB0FE9" bold="true" box="[292,356,1413,1439]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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. Moreover, 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE11FA4DFD6A0FE9" box="[494,693,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. barringtonenis</emphasis>
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shows a typical narrowing of the distal end of the cirrus, which is unarmed and ends in a 12-µm-long cap that protrudes into the atrium (see 
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), a feature that is unique within the group of species mentioned.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6517368CFFE3FF89FF38FA39FB020D5D" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1835]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
The copulatory organ of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FE1EFA39FD7E0C7D" box="[481,673,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. subproximalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD57FA39FD360C7D" bold="true" box="[680,745,1521,1547]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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is most similar to that of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FBF0FA39FBFD0C7D" box="[1039,1058,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FBCFFA39FB500C7D" box="[1072,1167,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">hiemalis</emphasis>
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, as the ejaculatory duct is relatively long and shows a single curve. Both species, however, can easily be distinguished because the spiny cirrus in 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FF05F9F1FED20C25" box="[250,269,1593,1619]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FEE5F9F1FEA60C25" box="[282,377,1593,1619]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">hiemalis</emphasis>
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is restricted to the most distal part of the copulatory organ, being only 
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long and covered with strong spines (see 
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). In 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD98F995FCF80C01" box="[615,807,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. subproximalis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FCD0F995FCA90C01" bold="true" box="[815,886,1629,1655]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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,
</emphasis>
the cirrus consists of two parts, a long proximal part covered with very fine spines, and a distal part of about 
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long, which is widened and covered by larger spines. This distal part lies within a sclerotized cap which is lacking in 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FC3AF96DFB990CC9" box="[965,1094,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. hiemalis</emphasis>
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. Moreover, in 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FB0EF96DFAAD0CC9" box="[1265,1394,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. hiemalis</emphasis>
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the seminal duct only turns over ±90°, whereas in 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FD69F901FC8C0C95" box="[662,851,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C. subproximalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FCA6F901FC480C95" bold="true" box="[857,919,1737,1763]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sp. n.</emphasis>
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it shows a 180° turn, and the seminal vesicle is directed forwards. The subterminal entrance of the seminal duct into the prostate vesicle and the two ducts entering it at the same place are two features not recorded for any other species of 
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<emphasis id="57DCEA9EFFE3FF89FC2FF8D9FB930D5D" box="[976,1100,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cheliplana</emphasis>
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in literature.
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