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,
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Named derived from the Latin word
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meaning light coat or cloak, referring to the coat or covering of papillae over the dorsal surface of the species.
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at type locality
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from
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A
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were also found during surveys spanning 2012–2019 from
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,
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Craggy Island, Andaman and Alawa and Mirya in Ratnagiri,
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.
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Background colour white with pointed tentacles. Translucent papillae with white tip, present across the dorsal surface. Black maculae present dorsally in the unspecified pattern except for the medial longitudinal raised portion where they form one anterior and one mid-length cluster.
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Colour: Translucent white dorsal surface bears raised acuminate translucent papillae with white tip. These papillae continue over the narrow translucent margin. Small black coloured maculae are present dorsally, in a random arrangement. Medial longitudinal raised portion bears three distinct clusters of these maculae across its length. Group of five (three-five in
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) maculae are present between the anterior region of the pharynx and cerebral eyespots. The second cluster approximately at mid-length and the third cluster found aligned over the distal portion of the median longitudinal line (
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). Ventral surface smooth and whitish pale.
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Pseudotentacles: Well-developed, Conical,
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in length.
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Eyespots: Cerebral eyespots are arranged as two distinct elongate clusters (
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each cluster),
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away from the anterior margin (
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). Dorsal tentacular eyespots are at the base and some spread over the tentacles. Few ocelli are also present between the tentacles separated from the margin. Ventrally, eyespots arranged over the tentacles in a dense cluster and a few eyespots found at the base of the tentacles.
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Digestive system: Pharynx, short tubular
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long (
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). The intestinal ramification is clearly visible through the dorsal surface and these anastomosing branches assumes more intricacies as it approaches the peripheral region.
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Gonopores: One male gonopore present immediately behind the pharynx at a distance of
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from the anterior margin, measuring
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. One female gonopore
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behind the male gonopore and at
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distance from the anterior margin, measuring
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(
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).
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reproductive system:
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The male reproductive system found disposed parallel to the sagittal body plane. Oblong seminal vesicle measures
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x
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. Prostatic vesicle oval measuring
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, placed in front of the seminal vesicle oriented dorso-ventrally (
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). Seminal vesicle empties into the penis through narrow duct. Prostatic vesicle enters the penis through the prostatic duct and assembles with the ejaculatory duct at the distal end of the penis (
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enters the roughly triangular male atrium (
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).
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Female reproductive system: Female atrium small (
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), opens into vagina with lateral invagination (
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) of cement pouch. Cement glands radiating from the female gonopore, densely disposed (
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,
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). Vagina short (0.100 mm), ascends dorsally and slightly curved posteriorly to enter uteri (
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). One pair of uterine vesicles is observed in the serial sections and one vesicle (
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) is presented in the
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. Uteri filled with oocytes appear on either side of the median line and is visible through the ventral surface (
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,
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).
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The presence of conical-pointed tentacles, short tubular pharynx, one pair of uterine vesicles, absence of a frontal extension of intestinal branch places this specimen in the genus
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<emphasis id="029E4334FFFDC07760AAAB4CED14F829" box="[1196,1306,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="492">Eurylepta</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="547BE2D7FFFDC0776127AB4CE8DCF805" author="Ehrenberg, C. G." pageId="6" pageNumber="492" refId="ref6573" refString="Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831) Phytozoa Turbellaria africana et asiatica. In: Hemprich und Ehrenberg " Symbolae physicae. " Animalia evertebrata exclusis insectis recensuit Dr. CG Ehrenberg. Series prima cum tabularum decade prima. Fol. Phytozoa Turbellaria folia a-d. Tomes 4 - 5. s. n., Berolini, pp. 56., pls. 4, 5 (published in 1828)." type="journal volume" year="1831">Ehrenberg, 1831</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="6495CFAEFFFCC0766491AB24ED41F82B" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5577174" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5577174" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5577174/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="493" startId="7.[151,250,1811,1835]" targetBox="[162,1427,181,1782]" targetPageId="7">
|
||
<paragraph id="30559F26FFFCC0766491AB24ED41F82B" blockId="7.[151,1437,1811,1944]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC0766491AB24EA48F897" bold="true" box="[151,582,1811,1835]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">
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FIGURE 4.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFFCC076651AAB24E9DCF897" authority="Pitale & Apte, 2021" authorityName="Pitale & Apte" authorityYear="2021" box="[284,466,1811,1835]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="7" pageNumber="493" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="alicula" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC076651AAB24E9DCF897" bold="true" box="[284,466,1811,1835]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">Eurylepta alicula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="19ADFE4FFFFCC07665DFAB24EA28F897" box="[473,550,1811,1835]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
A.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC0766648AB23EA80F897" box="[590,654,1812,1835]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">in situ</emphasis>
|
||
(BNHS-Pclad 321);
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC0766760AB24EB73F897" bold="true" box="[870,893,1811,1835]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">B.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC0766783AB23EBCBF897" box="[901,965,1812,1835]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">in situ</emphasis>
|
||
(Ratnagiri-December 2020);
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC07660F2AB24ED03F897" bold="true" box="[1268,1293,1811,1835]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">C.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC0766113AB23ED54F897" box="[1301,1370,1812,1835]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">in vivo</emphasis>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC076616EAB24ED8FF897" bold="true" box="[1384,1409,1811,1835]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">D.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC076618FAB23E8CFF8F3" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">in vivo</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view of a specimen from Ratnagiri on 1.11.2012;
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC07666FEAB00EB01F8F3" bold="true" box="[760,783,1847,1871]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">E.</emphasis>
|
||
diagram of dorsal colour pattern;
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC0766064AB00EC7BF8F3" bold="true" box="[1122,1141,1847,1871]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">F.</emphasis>
|
||
holotype in dorsal view (preserved specimen);
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFFCC0766553AB6CE960F8CF" bold="true" box="[341,366,1883,1907]" pageId="7" pageNumber="493">G.</emphasis>
|
||
holotype in ventral view (preserved specimen). Abbreviations—ce: cerebral eyespots; cg: cement glands; cp: cement pouch; fp: female gonopore; mp: male gonopore; ph: pharynx; su: sucker; ut: uteri.A–G, anterior to the top.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="6495CFAEFFF3C0796491AB7BE9EFF848" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5577176" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5577176" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5577176/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="494" startId="8.[151,250,1868,1892]" targetBox="[373,1217,186,1842]" targetPageId="8">
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||
<paragraph id="30559F26FFF3C0796491AB7BE9EFF848" blockId="8.[151,1437,1868,2036]" pageId="8" pageNumber="494">
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||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF3C0796491AB7BEA44F8D8" bold="true" box="[151,586,1868,1892]" pageId="8" pageNumber="494">
|
||
FIGURE 5.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF3C079651AAB7BE9DCF8D8" authority="Pitale & Apte, 2021" authorityName="Pitale & Apte" authorityYear="2021" box="[284,466,1868,1892]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="8" pageNumber="494" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="alicula" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF3C079651AAB7BE9DCF8D8" bold="true" box="[284,466,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="494">Eurylepta alicula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="19ADFE4FFFF3C07965DFAB7BEA25F8D8" box="[473,555,1868,1892]" pageId="8" pageNumber="494" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
A.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF3C079667BAB7BEA9BF8D8" bold="true" box="[637,661,1868,1892]" pageId="8" pageNumber="494">B.</emphasis>
|
||
male and female reproductive structures (holotype);
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF3C07960B1AB7BECC1F8D8" bold="true" box="[1207,1231,1868,1892]" pageId="8" pageNumber="494">C.</emphasis>
|
||
uterus;
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF3C0796125AB7BED3BF8D8" bold="true" box="[1315,1333,1868,1892]" pageId="8" pageNumber="494">D</emphasis>
|
||
. penis receiving prostatic and ejaculatory duct; E. sagittal reconstruction of the reproductive system. Abbreviations—cg: cement glands; cp: cement pouch; ed: ejaculatory duct; fa: female antrum; fp: female gonopore; it: intestine; ma: male antrum; pe: penis; pd: prostatic duct; pv: prostatic vesicles; st: stylet; su: sucker; sv: seminal vesicle; vd: vas deferens; vg: vagina; ut: uterus; uv: uterine vesicle. A–E, anterior to the left.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="30559F26FFF2C07864C1ACA0E96EFEFD" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,825]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">
|
||
The present species can be easily distinguished from its colour pattern, especially the prominent arrangement of black maculae and papillate dorsal appearance. Until now
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C0786722AC8CEBE9FF68" baseAuthorityName="Hyman" baseAuthorityYear="1959" box="[804,999,187,213]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C0786722AC8CEBE9FF68" box="[804,999,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">Eurylepta rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is the only known species of the genus bearing papillae (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="547BE2D7FFF2C0786558ACE8EA04FF45" author="Hyman, L." box="[350,522,222,249]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" pagination="543 - 597" refId="ref7065" refString="Hyman, L. (1959 a) A further study of Micronesian Polyclad flatworms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 108, 543 - 597. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3410.543" type="journal article" year="1959">Hyman, 1959a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The present species is distinct from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C07867B8ACE8EC23FF44" baseAuthorityName="Hyman" baseAuthorityYear="1959" box="[958,1069,223,248]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C07867B8ACE8EC23FF44" box="[958,1069,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">E. rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in that the latter has an orangered dorsal surface, smaller tentacles, fusiform seminal vesicle, short, truncated penis stylet, and a small number of cerebral eyespots.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="30559F26FFF2C07864C1AD7CEA90FDDD" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,825]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">
|
||
Furthermore, among the present assemblage of the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C0786750AD7CEBCAFED9" authorityName="Ehrenberg" authorityYear="1831" box="[854,964,331,357]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C0786750AD7CEBCAFED9" box="[854,964,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">Eurylepta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, two species namely
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C07860BFAD7CED92FED9" baseAuthorityName="Hyman" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[1209,1436,331,357]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="multicelis">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C07860BFAD7CED92FED9" box="[1209,1436,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">Eurylepta multicelis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C07864CCAD58E950FE34" baseAuthorityName="Marcus" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[202,350,367,393]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="piscatoria">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C07864CCAD58E8D5FE34" box="[202,219,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C07864EAAD58E950FE34" box="[236,350,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">piscatoria</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
possess white ground colour and black pigmentation over the dorsal surface (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="547BE2D7FFF2C07860EFAD58ED96FE35" author="Hyman, L." box="[1257,1432,366,393]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" pagination="65 - 82" refId="ref7020" refString="Hyman, L. (1955 b) Some Polyclad flatworms from Polynesia and Micronesia. Proceedings United States National Museum, 105 (3352), 65 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.105 - 3352.65" type="journal article" year="1955">Hyman, 1955b</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="547BE2D7FFF2C0786491ADA4E938FE11" author="Marcus, E." box="[151,310,403,429]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" pagination="99 - 215" refId="ref7745" refString="Marcus, E. (1947) Turbellarios Marinhos do Brasil. Boletim da faculdade de filosofia, ciencias e letras, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia, 12, 99 - 215 + 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1947.125220" type="journal article" year="1947">Marcus, 1947</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C078654CADA4E9D8FE11" baseAuthorityName="Hyman" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[330,470,403,429]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="multicelis">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C078654CADA4E9D8FE11" box="[330,470,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">E. multicelis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have short tubular pharynx and long penis stylet similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C078607EADA4ECEBFE11" authority="Pitale & Apte, 2021" authorityName="Pitale & Apte" authorityYear="2021" box="[1144,1253,403,429]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="alicula" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C078607EADA4EC87FE10" box="[1144,1161,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C0786091ADA4ECEBFE11" box="[1175,1253,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">alicula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C07860EBADA4ED49FE11" bold="true" box="[1261,1351,403,429]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="19ADFE4FFFF2C07860EBADA4ED49FE11" box="[1261,1351,403,429]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
but the former possesses wedge shaped cerebral eye cluster and higher number of ocelli (range 32–45) in contrasting to newly described species.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C07865B5ADECEA4AFE48" baseAuthorityName="Marcus" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[435,580,475,500]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="piscatoria">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C07865B5ADECEA4AFE48" box="[435,580,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">E. piscatoria</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have bell-shaped pharynx, short stylet and irregular arrangement of cerebral eyespots unlike the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C078657AADC8E9E2FDA5" authority="Pitale & Apte, 2021" authorityName="Pitale & Apte" authorityYear="2021" box="[380,492,511,537]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="alicula" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C078657AADC8E983FDA4" box="[380,397,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C0786598ADC8E9E2FDA5" box="[414,492,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">alicula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C07865F3ADC8EA5FFDA5" bold="true" box="[501,593,511,537]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="19ADFE4FFFF2C07865F3ADC8EA5FFDA5" box="[501,593,511,537]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
The arrangement of black maculae, pseudotentacular shape and shape of cerebral eye cluster of present specimen resembles with the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C0786734AE14EBD5FD81" box="[818,987,547,573]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="undefined-1">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C0786734AE14EBAEFD81" box="[818,928,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">Eurylepta</emphasis>
|
||
sp. 1
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
ZRC.PLA.0150, ZRC.PLA.0151, ZRC. PLA.0152.—
|
||
<figureCitation id="A8D183A3FFF2C078652BAE71E975FDDD" box="[301,379,582,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1147,1171]" captionTargetBox="[157,1430,181,1117]" captionTargetId="figure-19@2.[151,1436,179,1121]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Map showing study area and geographical position of sampling sites (yellow dots) A: Mumbai—Haji Ali Bay; B: Ratnagiri—Mandvi; C: Andaman Island—Craggy Island, North Andaman. (A & N Island—Andaman and Nicobar Islands)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5577162" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5577162/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">Fig 1E</figureCitation>
|
||
, of
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="547BE2D7FFF2C07865A0AE70EA94FDDD" author="Ong, R. S. L. & Tong, S." box="[422,666,583,609]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" pagination="77 - 125" refId="ref8068" refString="Ong, R. S. L. & Tong, S. (2018) A preliminary checklist and photographic catalogue of polyclad flatworms recorded from Singapore. Nature in Singapore, 11, 77 - 125." type="journal article" year="2018">Ong and Tong (2018)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="30559F26FFF2C07864C1AE5CE963FD15" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,825]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">
|
||
However, the specimens studied herein do not fit any of the valid
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C07867AFAE5CEC7EFD39" box="[937,1136,619,645]" family="Euryleptidae" genus="Eurylepta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polycladida" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C07867AFAE5CEC19FD39" box="[937,1047,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">Eurylepta</emphasis>
|
||
species
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and therefore described as new to the science.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="30559F26FFF2C07864C1AE84EC0CFC85" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,825]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">
|
||
The specimen from Ratnagiri shows brownish-grey colouration of the intestinal content whereas specimens from the Andaman appears whitish. The variation can be attributed to the
|
||
<typeStatus id="EF512184FFF2C07867C3AEE0EBFBFD4D" box="[965,1013,727,753]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">type</typeStatus>
|
||
of food ingested by the species, available at the site. At the
|
||
<typeStatus id="EF512184FFF2C078658AAECCE9B2FCA9" box="[396,444,763,789]" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality, although no evidence about the feeding habits of these worms were obtained but all the specimens were found around the compound ascidian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F7EAE4A5FFF2C0786745AF28EC0CFC85" box="[835,1026,799,825]" class="Ascidiacea" family="Perophoridae" genus="Ecteinascidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phlebobranchia" pageId="9" pageNumber="495" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="029E4334FFF2C0786745AF28EBD5FC85" box="[835,987,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="495">Ecteinascidia</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |