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(
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,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44E900E6DFB7051FE9FFCE7" bold="true" box="[151,330,799,825]" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Type material.</emphasis>
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20171266 (Zoologische Staatssammlung München).
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79/, area 2, station 561 (
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44E900E6DAB70C5FE73FC7B" bold="true" box="[199,422,907,933]" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Derivatio nominis.</emphasis>
From Latin foraminosus-a-um, with holes. With reference to the second posterior opening.
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44E900E6DAB709DFE97FC33" bold="true" box="[199,322,979,1005]" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Small, elongate animal (&lt;
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). Woolly appearance. With a pointed anterior end and a finger-like projection at the posterior end. With two different
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of pallet-shaped scales. Atrium without papillae. With a single pedal fold. Monoserial radula. Ventrolateral foregut glands of
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A with long, simple ducts. Foregut with a dorsal pocket. With a dorsoterminal sensory organ.
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44E900E6DAB772DFE8CFBA3" bold="true" box="[199,345,1123,1149]" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Description.</emphasis>
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: Small animal (
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long) with a woolly appearance. Although the anterior body region is wider than the posterior (0.175, 0.15,
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wide in the anterior, middle, and posterior regions, respectively), the anterior end is pointed. The posterior region is narrower and more delicate, probably because of poor fixation of the specimen, but it can be stated that it has a finger-like projection. Pedal groove not marked externally. Grey-white in 96 % ethanol (
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).
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44E900E6DAB7659FEC3FAEF" box="[199,278,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Mantle</emphasis>
: Thin epidermis (6.5 to 11 μm) and cuticle (12.5 to 15 μm), in which two different
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of leaf-shaped and one
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of pallet-shaped (=oar-shaped) scales are inserted in a single layer: 1). Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base (
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*;
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B, C) are the most abundant sclerite
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(38 to 60 μm long, 15 to 24 μm wide). These vary somewhat in shape as some have a narrower distal end. 2) Irregular elongate leaf-shaped scales (
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44E900E6D8576E9FEBCFA1F" box="[233,361,1447,1473]" captionStart="FIGURE1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1494,1518]" captionTargetBox="[214,1408,228,1447]" captionTargetId="figure-19@3.[151,1435,179,1468]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE1. Main sclerite types of the order Pholidoskepia (modified from García-Álvarez &amp; Salvini-Plawen, 2007). A. Leafshaped scales (main type in most Dondersiidae species). A1. Lanceolate/elongate leaf-shaped scales A2. Peciolate lanceolate leaf-shaped scales (scales of Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n.; * with a rounded base, ** with irregular petiolate base; *** petiolate leaf-shaped scales of Nematomenia brasiliensis sp. n.). A3. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with keel (characteristic of Gymnomeniidae). A4. Oval leaf-shaped scales. A5. Rounded leaf-shaped scales A6. Rounded leaf-shaped scales with a middle depression (characteristics of Sandalomenia). B. Pallet-shaped scales / Oar-shaped scales / Trowel-like sclerites (*scales of Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n.). C. Discoidal scales. D. Triangular scales (e.g. D. todatae and Meiomeniidae). E. Laminar scales. F. Claviform sclerites (exclusive to Macellomeniidae). G. Solid acicular sclerites. G1. Straight. G2. Curved. H. Scales of the pedal groove H1. Knife-shaped scales. H2. Other scales. (Size ratio of the sclerites is not represented)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547988" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547988/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Figure 1 A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44E900E6C0476E9FEA2FA1F" box="[360,375,1447,1473]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">2</figureCitation>
*;
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44E900E6CFD76E9FE25FA1F" box="[401,496,1447,1473]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Figure 2</figureCitation>
B) (32.5 to 47.4 μm long, 10.5 to 12 μm wide). They appear mostly in the dorsal region of the body. In these scales a proximal rim is faintly visible. 3) Pallet-shaped scales (25 to 42.5 μm long, 8 to 10 μm wide) (
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44E900E6C5876A1FE66F9D4" box="[308,435,1519,1546]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Figure 2 D</figureCitation>
). Without special scales along the pedal groove.
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44E900E6DAB755DFDFCF9F3" box="[199,553,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Pedal groove and mantle cavity</emphasis>
: The pedal pit (12.5 μm long, 15 μm wide, 35 μm high) is strongly ciliated and has a small internal extension (2.5 μm long;
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44E900E6FE27579FD38F98F" box="[654,749,1591,1617]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Figure 2</figureCitation>
E-2). The anterior follicular pedal glands end latero-dorsally in the pedal pit and then continue as two separate packages that surround the foregut (
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44E900E693C7515FB1EF9A8" box="[1104,1227,1627,1654]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Figure 2 E</figureCitation>
). The pedal glands have two
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of cells that differ fundamentally by the color that they acquire with Mallorys trichrome staining: the dorsal ones are stained an intense red and form a more compact package than the ventral cells, which are less intensely stained and are more dispersed. The pedal pit gives rise to a single triangular pedal fold that retains its shape and size (3.75 to 5 μm high, 5 μm wide) throughout the body. The posterior pedal glands, which are small and closely associated with the groove, are clearly distinguishable.
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The mantle cavity opens posteriorly as a wide ciliated channel (25 to 30 μm;
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44E900E6979747DFB5FF890" box="[1045,1162,1843,1870]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Figure 2 F</figureCitation>
). It is small (30 μm long, 28 μm wide, 40 μm high) without respiratory folds and with a posterior prolongation (70 μm long, 5 to 10.5 μm in diameter). The rectum opens dorsally, and the spawning ducts (fused to a single tube) open ventrally in the cavity.
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44E900E6DAB74EEFE59F867" box="[199,396,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="68">Digestive system:</emphasis>
The mouth opens at the posterior end of the atrium. The foregut (50 μm long, 12.5 to 15 μm in diameter) runs almost parallel to the pedal groove (60 μm long, 25 to 27.5 μm wide, 10 to 12.5 μm high) and in the middle region it widens significantly (30 to 32.5 μm in diameter) and forms an elongated dorsal pocket (12.5 μm long, 15 μm wide, 30 μm high) that is separated from the foregut by a thick muscle layer (10 to 12.5 μm thick;
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44D900D6DFB7391FF20FF27" box="[151,245,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">Figure 2</figureCitation>
E-4).
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D6DFB745BFEC0F8F3" bold="true" box="[151,277,1813,1837]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D6C71745BFE5DF8F3" box="[285,392,1813,1837]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">Dondersia</emphasis>
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?
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sp. n.
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D6F32745BFDA2F8F3" bold="true" box="[606,631,1813,1837]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">A.</emphasis>
Habitus (holotype).
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D6E21745BFC50F8F3" bold="true" box="[845,901,1813,1837]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">B. B</emphasis>
Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D6E247477FCB4F88F" bold="true" box="[840,865,1849,1873]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">C.</emphasis>
Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base.
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D68E87477FA49F88F" bold="true" box="[1412,1436,1849,1873]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">D.</emphasis>
Pallet-shaped scales.
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D6C187413FE5FF8AB" bold="true" box="[372,394,1885,1909]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">E.</emphasis>
Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype.
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D68E57413FA49F8AB" bold="true" box="[1417,1436,1885,1909]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">F.</emphasis>
Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype.
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D691074CFFB71F847" bold="true" box="[1148,1188,1921,1945]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">1-6.</emphasis>
Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F.
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D6C9174EBFDC2F863" bold="true" box="[509,535,1957,1981]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">G.</emphasis>
Reconstruction of the radula:
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D6E2774EBFCB2F863" bold="true" box="[843,871,1957,1981]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">G</emphasis>
denticle fragment,
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44D900D694074EBFB9AF863" bold="true" box="[1068,1103,1957,1981]" pageId="6" pageNumber="69">G</emphasis>
radular base.
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The radula is monoserial with a posterior radular sac (30 μm long, 12.5 to 15 μm wide, 10 to 22.5 μm high in the middle region). Fragments of a single pair of denticles (
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G-G), which are long and very straight (8 μm long, 0.6 to 0.8 μm), were observed inside the foregut above the ventral wall. Only a fragment of the distal end of a denticle was preserved, it has a pointed end, but it cannot be determined whether the denticles are curved distally or not. Remains of a rounded radular base were also observed (
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44C900C6E577269FC4EFE9F" box="[827,923,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Figure 2</figureCitation>
G).
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The ventrolateral foregut glands open into the foregut on either side of the radular sac. They are formed by two long, simple ducts (approximately 80 μm in length, 15 to 22.5 μm in diameter) with inner musculature and extra-epithelial gland cells opening into the ducts along the entire length of the gland (
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A; García-Álvarez &amp; SalviniPlawen 2007). The inner musculature of the ventrolateral foregut glands is reinforced in their posterior part where the cell necks of the gland cells run along the duct; the glandular cells have posteriorly bent necks (
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C699D7295FA46FE2B" box="[1265,1427,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Acanthomenia</emphasis>
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;
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). The midgut is without a dorsal caecum or marked lateral constrictions. The rectum is oval in cross section (17.5 μm wide, 20 μm high) and terminates laterally in the anterior wall of the mantle cavity.
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6DAB7109FD94FDBE" box="[199,577,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Nervous system and sense organs</emphasis>
: The cerebral ganglion (35 μm long, 50 to 75 μm wide, 45 to 52.5 μm high) is circular in cross section and located dorsal to the middle part of the foregut (
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44C900C69617125FBB8FD5B" box="[1037,1133,619,645]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Figure 2</figureCitation>
E-3). The pedal ganglia (5 μm long, 12.5 to 15 μm in diameter) are located ventral to the pedal pit and are joined by a commissure (2.5 to 5 μm in thickness). A pair of buccal ganglia (10 μm long, 10 to 12.5 μm in diameter) are located on both sides of the radular sac.
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The opening of the atrium (22.5 μm) gives way to a cavity that is much higher than it is wide (up to 85 μm in height, 10 to 15 μm in width) that is directed dorsally and narrows to resemble a duct (
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44C900C69087051FB34FCE7" box="[1124,1249,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Figure 2 E</figureCitation>
). The atrium has folded and glandular walls, but no papillae are present. It also has a small anterior extension where the epithelium has fewer gland cells (10 μm long, 7.5 to 10 μm wide, 10 to 15 μm high).
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<paragraph id="A62536EDF44C900C6DAB70C5FAF5FBCF" blockId="7.[151,1437,150,2015]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">
At the posterior part of the body is a glandular structure that is interpreted as a dorsoterminal sensory organ. This organ is big (about 18 μm long, and 20 μm in diameter). The dorsoterminal sensory organ opens to the outside through a small pore at the posterior-most part of the body (7.5 μm aperture diameter;
<figureCitation id="3EA12A68F44C900C690E709DFB15FC33" box="[1122,1216,979,1005]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1813,1837]" captionTargetBox="[165,1424,286,1755]" captionTargetId="figure-66@6.[151,1435,273,1789]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dondersia? foraminosa sp. n. A. Habitus (holotype). B. B Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. BLanceolated leaf-shaped scales with an irregular petiolate base C. Lanceolate leaf-shaped scales with a rounded base. D. Pallet-shaped scales. E. Anatomical reconstruction of the anterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. F. Anatomical reconstruction of the posterior body based on manual reconstructions of the holotype. 1-6. Serial sections; location in the body is indicated in E and F. G. Reconstruction of the radula: G denticle fragment, G radular base." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547992" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4547992/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Figure 2</figureCitation>
F-6). The inner an-terior region of the dorsoterminal sensory organ reaches the posterior prolongation of the mantle cavity.
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<paragraph id="A62536EDF44C900C6DAB7755FC83FAEF" blockId="7.[151,1437,150,2015]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6DAB7755FE0DFBEA" box="[199,472,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Gonopericardial system</emphasis>
: The studied animal is immature. The pericardium (182.5 μm long, 3 to 15 μm in diameter) has a straight, posterior region that extends past the point where the pericardioducts are attached (approximately 75 μm in length; 3 μm in diameter). The epithelium of the pericardioducts (diameter around 8 to 10 μm) is very thin and their connection to the spawning duct is not evident, but they seem to be attached to it in its mid-posterior region, making the length of the pericardioducts about 70 μm (
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). The spawning ducts are fused as a single duct along their entire length (110 μm long, 8 to 10 μm wide, 7.5 to 8 μm high). This duct opens centrally in the anterior region of the mantle cavity. The opening is wide, and the epithelium is densely ciliated in this region. No accessory copulatory structures were observed.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6DAB7675FEEEFA8B" bold="true" box="[199,315,1339,1365]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6C287675FE6FFA8B" box="[324,442,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Dondersia</emphasis>
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?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6CB67675FD8FFA8B" box="[474,602,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">foraminosa</emphasis>
sp. n. is placed within
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because it has at least two
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of scales, a monoserial radula with elongated denticles, and
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A ventrolateral foregut glands. If the radula can be fully seen, the distinction between the genera of
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is simple (according to the current taxonomy;
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). Otherwise, this is more complicated due to the lack of consensus on other diagnostic characters, that appear combined between some genera (
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). During histological sectioning, solenogaster radulae may become fragmented, as was the case here. Thus, a complete characterization of the radula of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C697476A1FB5BF9D7" box="[1048,1166,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Dondersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C69C476A1FAFDF9D7" box="[1192,1320,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">foraminosa</emphasis>
sp. n. was not possible, making its classification into one or another genus of
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challenging.
</paragraph>
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The fragments of the radula indicate that it is monoserial with apparently straight denticles (very close to each other) and that the base of the tooth is rounded. The radular teeth are similar in appearance to the drawings of fragmented teeth by
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for
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6FD97531FCE8F947" box="[693,829,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">D. laminata</emphasis>
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(for which the radula was also described to have two denticles) and their base is similar to the base of the radula of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C692175EDFB6DF963" box="[1101,1208,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">D. festiva</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C69AC75EDFABBF963" author="Hubrecht, A. W." box="[1216,1390,1699,1725]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="324 - 339" refId="ref24903" refString="Hubrecht, A. W. (1888) Dondersia festiva gen. et spec. nov. In: Feestbundel aan Franciscus Cornelis Donders op den 27 sten. Mei 1888, aangeboden door het Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. F. van Rossen, Amsterdam, pp. 324 - 339." type="book chapter" year="1888">Hubrecht, 1888</bibRefCitation>
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imaged and drawn by
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Scheltema
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6C9F7589FDF9F93F" box="[499,556,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">et al.</emphasis>
(2012)
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(although serrations were not observed in the new species). While the available information on the radula is consistent with a placement of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6EC375A5FBF0F8DB" box="[943,1061,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Dondersia</emphasis>
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?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C692F75A5FB16F8DB" box="[1091,1219,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">foraminosa</emphasis>
sp. n. in the genus
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF44C900C6DFB7441FED8F8F7" authorityName="Hubrecht" authorityYear="1888" box="[151,269,1807,1833]" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Dondersia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6DFB7441FED8F8F7" box="[151,269,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Dondersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the following other genera cannot be ruled out:
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6E407441FC6AF8F7" box="[812,959,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Lyratoherpia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C6EAA7441FB6CF8F7" author="Salvini-Plawen, L." box="[966,1209,1807,1833]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="1 - 315" refId="ref25937" refString="Salvini-Plawen, L. (1978) Antarktische und Subantarktische Solenogastres - Eine monographie: 1898 - 1974. Zoologica, 128, 1 - 315." type="journal article" year="1978">Salvini-Plawen, 1978</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF44C900C69A87441FED8F893" authority="Simroth, 1893" authorityName="Simroth" authorityYear="1893" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Nematomenia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C69A87441FAB5F8F6" box="[1220,1376,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Nematomenia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C680A7441FED8F893" author="Simroth, H." pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="128 - 233" refId="ref26476" refString="Simroth, H. (1893) Aplacophora. In: Bronn, H. G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, 3 (1), 128 - 233." type="journal article" year="1893">Simroth, 1893</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6C7B747DFE74F893" box="[279,417,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Ichtyomenia</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C6CDC747DFD93F893" author="Pruvot, G." box="[432,582,1843,1869]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="21 - 24" refId="ref25761" refString="Pruvot, G. (1890) Sur quelques Neomeniees nouvelles de la Mediterranee. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et generale, 2 (8), 21 - 24." type="journal article" year="1890">Pruvot, 1890</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF44C900C6F35747DFCB9F893" authority="Pruvot, 1899" authorityName="Pruvot" authorityYear="1899" box="[601,876,1843,1869]" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Stylomenia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6F35747DFD00F893" box="[601,725,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Stylomenia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C6FB0747DFCB9F893" author="Pruvot, G." box="[732,876,1843,1869]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="461 - 509" refId="ref25825" refString="Pruvot, G. (1899) Sur deux Neomeniens nouveaux de la Mediterranee. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, 3 (7), 461 - 509." type="journal article" year="1899">Pruvot, 1899</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF44C900C6ECD747DFB12F893" authority="Leloup, 1948" authorityName="Leloup" authorityYear="1948" box="[929,1223,1843,1869]" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Micromenia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6ECD747DFBFCF892" box="[929,1065,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Micromenia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C6943747DFB12F893" author="Leloup, E." box="[1071,1223,1843,1869]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="1 - 7" refId="ref25369" refString="Leloup, E. (1948) Un nouveau Solenogastre a peau nue de l'Ocean Glaciar Arctique, Micromenia simplex g. nov., sp. nov. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 24 (19), 1 - 7." type="journal article" year="1948">Leloup, 1948</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. However, the new species lacks the characteristic sclerites of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6F1F7419FD3AF8AF" box="[627,751,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Stylomenia</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C6F927419FC14F8AF" author="Handl, C. H. &amp; Salvini-Plawen, L. &amp; Hoisaeter, T." box="[766,961,1879,1905]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="367 - 381" refId="ref24698" refString="Handl, C. H., Salvini-Plawen, L. &amp; Hoisaeter, T. (2001) New records of Solenogastres-Pholidoskepia (Mollusca) from Norwe- gian fjords and shelf waters including two new species. Sarsia, 86 (4 - 5), 367 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00364827.2001.10425524" type="journal article" year="2001">
Handl
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6E267419FCAEF8AF" box="[842,891,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">et al</emphasis>
. 2001
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and it differs in external appearance from most species of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6C247435FE31F84A" box="[328,484,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Nematomenia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6F7B7435FD7FF84B" box="[535,682,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Lyratoherpia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Species of both genera usually have a tegumenal keel or keel made by sclerites). Moreover,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6CC074D1FD9DF866" box="[428,584,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Nematomenia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lacks a posterior digitiform projection (
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C696274D1FB2BF867" author="Salvini-Plawen, L." box="[1038,1278,1951,1977]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="1 - 315" refId="ref25937" refString="Salvini-Plawen, L. (1978) Antarktische und Subantarktische Solenogastres - Eine monographie: 1898 - 1974. Zoologica, 128, 1 - 315." type="journal article" year="1978">Salvini-Plawen 1978</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C686774D1FF21F803" author="Scheltema, A. H. &amp; Schander, C. &amp; Kocot, K. M." pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="233 - 269" refId="ref26369" refString="Scheltema, A. H., Schander, C. &amp; Kocot, K. M. (2012) Hard and soft anatomy in two genera of Dondersiidae (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Solenogastres). Biological Bulletin, 222 (3), 233 - 269. https: // doi. org / 10.1086 / BBLv 222 n 3 p 233" type="journal article" year="2012">
Scheltema
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C68E474D1FF61F803" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">et al.</emphasis>
2012
</bibRefCitation>
) and
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C6C5D748DFE6EF803" box="[305,443,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Ichtyomenia</emphasis>
has a characteristic rimmed posterior opening (
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C6EA6748DFB8DF803" author="Pruvot, G." box="[970,1112,1987,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" pagination="21 - 24" refId="ref25761" refString="Pruvot, G. (1890) Sur quelques Neomeniees nouvelles de la Mediterranee. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et generale, 2 (8), 21 - 24." type="journal article" year="1890">Pruvot 1890</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44C900C690F748AFA44F803" author="Garcia-Alvarez, O. &amp; Salvini-Plawen, L. &amp; Urgorri, V." box="[1123,1425,1987,2015]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" refId="ref24311" refString="Garcia-Alvarez, O., Salvini-Plawen, L. &amp; Urgorri, V. (2014) Solenogastres. In: Garcia-Alvarez, O., Salvini-Plawen, L., Urgorri, V., Souza Troncoso, J. (Eds.), Mollusca Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora. Fauna Iberica. Vol. 38. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid, pp. 11 - 26." type="book" year="2014">
García-Álvarez
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44C900C687A748DFA9BF803" box="[1302,1358,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036DFB73D9FED8FF6F" box="[151,269,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C2F73D9FE1EFF6E" box="[323,459,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Micromenia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from each other in radular morphology (
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) although this character is insufficiently known for
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. In contrast to
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,
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</emphasis>
lacks copulatory stylets and a digitiform projection (
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;
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,
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,
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). In addition, of the four
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900368787391FA49FF26" box="[1300,1436,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Micromenia</emphasis>
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species only
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has an atrio-buccal cavity (
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). The sclerites or the presence/absence of a dorsoterminal sensory organ and seminal receptacles vary without a defined pattern between species of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036DFB7205FED8FEBB" box="[151,269,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C2E7205FE1FFEBA" box="[322,458,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Micromenia</emphasis>
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. The inclusion of the new species in some of these other genera could not be completely discarded, but is not chosen here, based on its digitiform projection, the existence of atrio-buccal cavity and the following arguments.
</paragraph>
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Despite uncertainties about the radula, other characters suggest that
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036EA572F9FBEAFE0F" box="[969,1087,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
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?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF4439003693772F9FB0EFE0F" box="[1115,1243,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">foraminosa</emphasis>
sp. n. belongs to
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036DFB7295FED8FE2B" box="[151,269,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
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. First,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C377295FE04FE2B" box="[347,465,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
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?
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sp. n. has an elongated body (without a keel) that is pointed at the anterior end and terminates posteriorly as a finger-like projection, which was stated characteristic of the genus by
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Scheltema
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(2012)
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based on
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036CF7716DFD90FDE3" box="[411,581,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. namibiensis</emphasis>
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Scheltema
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, 2012
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,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E31716DFC1FFDE3" box="[861,970,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. festiva</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900369FF716DFACEFDE3" box="[1171,1307,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. annulata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C6A7109FEBDFDBF" box="[262,360,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. incali</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. According to these authors, and in accordance with the original descriptions of the nominal species
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</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44390036F727125FD19FD5B" author="Hubrecht, A. W." box="[542,716,619,645]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" pagination="324 - 339" refId="ref24903" refString="Hubrecht, A. W. (1888) Dondersia festiva gen. et spec. nov. In: Feestbundel aan Franciscus Cornelis Donders op den 27 sten. Mei 1888, aangeboden door het Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. F. van Rossen, Amsterdam, pp. 324 - 339." type="book chapter" year="1888">Hubrecht 1888</bibRefCitation>
;
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Scheltema
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E3B7125FC44FD5B" box="[855,913,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
2012
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), animals of this genus have a posterior digitiform projection and a posterior lobe, although this may not be developed in immature specimens (
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Scheltema
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2012
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) as seems to be the case with the new species described here. Also, the sclerites of
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900369B971FDFB24FD12" box="[1237,1265,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D.</emphasis>
?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF4439003686371FDFA48FD13" box="[1295,1437,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">formaninosa</emphasis>
(two
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of leaf-shaped scales and one
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of pallet-shaped scales) coincide with what is expected for
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, where all the species have leaf-shaped scales and
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E3C71B5FC0DFCCB" box="[848,984,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. annulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E8B71B5FBA5FCCB" box="[999,1136,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. laminata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
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have pallet-shaped scales (
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;
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;
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;
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Scheltema
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2012
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). In addition, the scales show a proximal rim, a characteristic also described by
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Scheltema
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900369A8700DFB29FC83" box="[1220,1276,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
(2012)
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for the scales of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036D937029FEB7FC5F" box="[255,354,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. incali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036CF47029FD95FC5F" box="[408,576,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. namibiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The size and shape of the scales are, however, characteristic of
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF4439003687F7029FAFBFC5E" box="[1299,1326,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D.</emphasis>
?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900368247029FF19FC7A" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">foraminosa</emphasis>
sp. n., which supports that it is a different species.
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E7870C5FCE5FC7A" box="[788,816,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D.</emphasis>
?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E2070C5FC19FC7B" box="[844,972,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">foraminosa</emphasis>
sp. n. has a common atrio-buccal cavity. This character is not uniform in
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C9170E1FDA6FC17" box="[509,627,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although the existence of an atrio-buccal cavity seems to be the rule.
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900368ED70E1FF35FC33" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. festiva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036D81709DFE40FC33" box="[237,405,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. namibiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036CA5709DFDFEFC33" box="[457,555,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. incali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have a common opening (
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;
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Scheltema
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900369E0709DFB16FC33" box="[1164,1219,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
2012
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) while mouth and atrium were described as separate in
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF44390036F1D70B9FD2CFBCF" authorityName="Nierstrasz" authorityYear="1902" box="[625,761,1015,1041]" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Dondersia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="annulata">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036F1D70B9FD2CFBCF" box="[625,761,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. annulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E6570B9FC63FBCF" box="[777,950,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. cnidevorans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E9C70B9FB7EFBCF" box="[1008,1195,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. stylastericola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Nevertheless, in the descriptions of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C2A7755FE1BFBEB" box="[326,462,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. annulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
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;
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44390036F8B7755FCAAFBEB" author="Thiele, J." box="[743,895,1051,1077]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" refId="ref26664" refString="Thiele, J. (1913 c) Mollusca: Solenogastres. In: Schulze, F. E. (Ed.), Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 38 R. Friedlander &amp; Sohn, Berlin, 57 pp." type="book" year="1913">Thiele 1913c</bibRefCitation>
), the separation was determined by the external study of the sclerites disposition rather than histology (
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF44390036F937771FC23FB87" author="Scheltema, A. H. &amp; Schander, C. &amp; Kocot, K. M." box="[767,1014,1087,1113]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" pagination="233 - 269" refId="ref26369" refString="Scheltema, A. H., Schander, C. &amp; Kocot, K. M. (2012) Hard and soft anatomy in two genera of Dondersiidae (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Solenogastres). Biological Bulletin, 222 (3), 233 - 269. https: // doi. org / 10.1086 / BBLv 222 n 3 p 233" type="journal article" year="2012">
Scheltema
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E177771FC66FB87" box="[891,947,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
2012
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). The description of
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900369B57771FA56FB87" box="[1241,1411,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. cnidevorans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is clear regarding the separation of atrium and mouth, but it was placed provisionally in
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF4439003693E772DFB1DFBA3" authorityName="Hubrecht" authorityYear="1888" box="[1106,1224,1123,1149]" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Dondersia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF4439003693E772DFB1DFBA3" box="[1106,1224,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="C20B4B1CF4439003699D772DFF33FB7F" author="Salvini-Plawen, L." pageId="8" pageNumber="71" pagination="1 - 315" refId="ref25937" refString="Salvini-Plawen, L. (1978) Antarktische und Subantarktische Solenogastres - Eine monographie: 1898 - 1974. Zoologica, 128, 1 - 315." type="journal article" year="1978">Salvini-Plawen (1978)</bibRefCitation>
. In
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C6177C9FE10FB7F" box="[269,453,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. stylastericola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
there is a certain separation between mouth and atrium, but this is not cuticular (SalviniPlawen 1978). For
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF44390036C0777E5FE25FB1B" authorityName="Salvini-Plawen" authorityYear="1978" box="[363,496,1195,1221]" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Dondersia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="laminata">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C0777E5FE25FB1B" box="[363,496,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. laminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it was not determined if it has a common atrio-buccal cavity or if there are two openings.
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF44390036DBF7781FE9CFB37" authorityName="Hubrecht" authorityYear="1888" box="[211,329,1231,1257]" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Dondersia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036DBF7781FE9CFB37" box="[211,329,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C0E7781FE37FB37" box="[354,482,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">foraminosa</emphasis>
sp. n. has a dorsoterminal sensory organ.
<taxonomicName id="619A4D6EF44390036EDE7781FBA2FB37" authorityName="Hubrecht" authorityYear="1888" box="[946,1143,1231,1257]" class="Solenogastres" family="Dondersiidae" genus="Dondersia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pholidoskepia" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="festiva">
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036EDE7781FBA2FB37" box="[946,1143,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia festiva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF443900369C07781FAE4FB37" box="[1196,1329,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. annulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have two dorsoterminal sensory organs (
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Scheltema
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036F0777BDFD71FAD3" box="[619,676,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
2012
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) and
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E4D77BDFC19FAD3" box="[801,972,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D. cnidevorans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has probably one (
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). Finally,
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036D9F7659FEDBFAEE" box="[243,270,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">D.</emphasis>
?
<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036C447659FE7DFAEF" box="[296,424,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">foraminosa</emphasis>
sp. n. lacks respiratory folds.
</paragraph>
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The studied specimen is immature, and it would be necessary to determine the existence of seminal vesicles and copulatory stylets of mature specimens for a certain assignment to
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E127611FC21FAA7" box="[894,1012,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In addition, the knowledge of a complete radula would be necessary to confirm its inclusion in
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<emphasis id="94EEEAFFF44390036E4476CDFC4BFA43" box="[808,926,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Dondersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, due to the aforementioned suite of characters, it is provisionally placed in the genus. The combination of its internal characteristics compared with the existing species, habitus, sclerites and biogeographical distribution (
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;
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;
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;
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Klink
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) justifies its designation as a new species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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