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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2E0FD9E8B99FD8F" bold="true" box="[151,475,572,598]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Lepidodermella forficulata</emphasis>
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(
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)
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locality.
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Among
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spp. in ponds near Galt Creek, Puslinch district.
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material.
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Drawing of one specimen.
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,
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Type-8551 deposited at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm,
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.
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2B0FCB08BC3FCF2" bold="true" box="[199,385,786,811]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Other material.</emphasis>
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that are no longer extant.
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2B0FC948B0CFC96" bold="true" box="[199,334,822,847]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Etymology.</emphasis>
Species name derived from the forcipate furca.
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2B0FCF88B03FCAA" bold="true" box="[199,321,858,883]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Small tenpin-shaped species, 120125 µm in total body length. Cephalion present, pleuria absent. Hypostomion present. Furca forcipate, 30 µm in length with thin adhesive tubes that are terminally knobbed. Proximal parts of furcal branches covered by round smooth scales. Dorsal surface covered by 57 columns of smooth scales. One pair of parafurcal spines present and reach halfway down the length of the furcal branches. Ventrolateral scales with short simple spine distributed in 23 columns on either side of the body. Ventral interciliary area apparently naked or with poorly developed keels. A pair of ventral terminal scales present. Pharynx with slight terminal swellings, 3032 µm in length.
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2B0FBF48B1BFBB6" bold="true" box="[199,345,1110,1135]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Description.</emphasis>
A small species, 120125 µm in total body length. Body tenpin-shaped. Head rounded with large cephalion, 12 µm in diameter. Pleuria absent. Hypostomion present and similar to a clasp or a buckle. One pair of cephalic ciliary tufts. Two pairs of dorsal sensory bristles present, anterior pair anchored by papillae at U27 and posterior pair anchored by papillae at U74.
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Body width 2025 µm at the head (U0607), 1821 µm at the neck (U22), 2530 µm at the trunk (U52) and 1720 µm at the base of the furca (U74). The forcipate furca is 30 µm in length, adhesive tubes curved inwards, thin and terminally knobbed, 2022 µm in length. The proximal parts of the furcal branches are completely covered by round, smooth scales. One pair of simple parafurcal spines 1015 µm long, and reach approximately halfway down the forcipate furca. The head is covered by 7 columns of smooth scales (67
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µm in length and width respectively). The trunk is covered by 5 columns of larger smooth scales,
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µm. Scales of neck and trunk region overlap. The scales are posteriorly hollowed out like a spoon (
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C, D), their proximal rim is thickened.
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There are 23 ventrolateral rows on either side with small, keeled scales that bear short simple spines (
<figureCitation id="134F2A4E6D11FFFDF74EF9A48F39F9C6" box="[1337,1403,1542,1567]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1955,1977]" captionTargetBox="[354,1232,199,1919]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[335,1251,195,1933]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Schematic drawing of Lepidodermella forficulata. A) Dorsal view. B) Lateral view. C) Dorsal scale. D) Lateral view of dorsal scale. E) Ventrolateral spined scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/230706/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
E). The ventral interciliary area is apparently naked or with only slight developed keels. Ventral plates or scales could not be observed in the pharynx or intestinal region. A pair of ventral terminal scales present.
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<paragraph id="8BCB36CB6D11FFFDF2B0F9D08A8DF976" blockId="8.[151,1437,678,2035]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Mouth subterminal, 46 µm in diameter. Pharynx with weak terminal swellings, 3032 µm in length. PhIJ at U30.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCB36CB6D11FFFDF2B0F91888AFF90A" blockId="8.[151,1437,678,2035]" box="[199,749,1722,1747]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Only parthenogenetic individuals were observed.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2B0F97C8B81F92E" bold="true" box="[199,451,1758,1783]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF3A7F97D8828F92F" box="[464,618,1758,1782]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">L. forficulata</emphasis>
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can be separated from most species within the genus based on the forcipate furca, the parafurcal spines, and the ventrolateral short-spined scales. There are only three species within
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2E0F8848B0BF8E7" box="[151,329,1830,1854]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Lepidodermella</emphasis>
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that possess parafurcal spines,
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,
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2E0F8E98BBDF8BA" box="[151,511,1867,1891]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Lepidodermella minor chaetifer</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE54B3A6D11FFFDF07FF8E88896F8BA" author="Kisielewski" box="[520,724,1866,1891]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471" refString="Kisielewski, J. (1991) Inland-water Gastrotricha from Brazil. Annales Zoologici Warszawa, Supplement 2, 43, 1 - 168." type="journal article" year="1991">Kisielewski, 1991</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF179F8E98E6EF8BA" box="[782,1068,1867,1891]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">Lepidodermella spinifera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE54B3A6D11FFFDF643F8E88EB5F8BA" author="Tretjakova" box="[1076,1271,1866,1891]" pageId="8" pageNumber="471" refString="Tretjakova, E. I. (1991) Lepidodermella spinifera, a new species of Gastrotricha with intermediate generic features. Byulletin Moskovogo Obshchestva Ispytatelej Prirody, Otdel Biologiceskij, 96, 79 - 85." type="journal article" year="1991">Tretjakova, 1991</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF774F8E98FD9F8BA" box="[1283,1435,1867,1891]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">L. intermedia</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF2BFF8CD8BD4F85F" box="[200,406,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">L. minor chaetifer</emphasis>
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also have spined ventrolateral scales, but possess a pharyngeal tooth as well as differently shaped dorsal scales, and have at least the posterior part of the interciliary area covered by scales.
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF760F8318FDEF872" box="[1303,1436,1939,1963]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">L. spinifera</emphasis>
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possesses a somewhat forcipate furca, but in all other aspects, including shape and distribution of scales, it is very different from
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<emphasis id="B900EAD96D11FFFDF34CF8798B8DF82A" box="[315,463,2011,2035]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="471">L. forficulata</emphasis>
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