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Species:
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material and locality:
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a)
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, whole mount, one mature specimen (
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<date id="FFECAD94B40FFFBBFC31FC8C2343FCD8" box="[1011,1065,836,862]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="1910-10">
x
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mm),
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12560, collected
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, 2004 from Escanaba Trough,
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N of Marker
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on Central Hill, from
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depth (
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).
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b)
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, one mature specimen as serial sagittal sections (
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x
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mm),
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12464, collected with
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N of Marker
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on Central Hill, from
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(depth
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).
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAFBFC26BBFBCB" box="[312,465,1076,1101]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Distribution:</emphasis>
To date, found only at
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locality
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAFB9426D4FBF3" box="[312,446,1116,1141]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Etymology:</emphasis>
Species named in honor of Dr. Janet Voight of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois.
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAFB6426D3FB43" box="[312,441,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Mouth anterior to the brain. Eyes, few and minute, scattered on the tentacles. Seminal vesicle connected posteriorly to an auxiliary storage vesicle containing a basophilic substance (possibly sperm). Auxilliary storage vesicle extends dorsally over the seminal vesicle. Posterior anal pore in main median branch of the intestine.
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAFA8426A3FAE0" bold="true" box="[312,457,1356,1382]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAFABC2561FA0B" box="[312,523,1396,1421]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">External features:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAFA5426F5FA33" box="[312,415,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Color —</emphasis>
preserved animals have a milky white dorsal surface with ovaries appearing as dark brown spots that form a radial pattern. White intestinal branches are visible through the epidermis. The ventral surface is white.
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAF9DC26CBF9AB" box="[312,417,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Form —</emphasis>
oval body shape, margins without folds except for the ones forming the tentacles. The two specimens measured
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x
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mm and
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x
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mm, respectively. A very conspicuous sucker is located right in the center of the ventral surface, posterior to the pharynx (
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and
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).
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAF97C26BBF94B" box="[312,465,1716,1741]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Tentacles —</emphasis>
Short (~600 µm), blunt, marginal tentacles formed mainly by the elongation of the body margin rather than the folding of it (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAF8CC26FCF89B" box="[312,406,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Eyes —</emphasis>
Few and minute, scattered over the tentacles. Cerebral and marginal eyes absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B40FFFBCFEFAF89C24E5FDF0" blockId="11.[264,1325,796,1902]" lastBlockId="12.[264,1324,284,630]" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="13" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="B9265746B40FFFBBFEFAF89C254AF8EB" box="[312,544,1876,1901]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Digestive system —</emphasis>
the mouth is a small opening, anterior to the brain (
<figureCitation id="136997D1B40FFFBBFB45F89C23A7F8E8" box="[1159,1229,1876,1902]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="14.[264,367,1534,1558]" captionTargetBox="[441,1145,646,1510]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[441,1145,646,1510]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. Oligocladus voightae n. sp.; photomicrographs. A. Sagittal histological section of the anterior end showing position of brain posterior to mouth and details of the male and female reproductive systems. Scale bar = 150 µm. B. Higher magnification sagittal section through male copulatory complex. Asterisk indicates the connecting duct between the seminal vesicle and the accessory storage vesicle. Scale bar = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/173989/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
A). The very muscular and cylindrical pharynx is directed forward and located in the anterior half of the worm, just anterior to the sucker. It folds back on itself in an S­shape, possibly due to a preservation artifact (
<figureCitation id="136997D1B408FFBCFDFFFEA425E4FE00" box="[573,654,364,390]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="14.[264,367,1534,1558]" captionTargetBox="[441,1145,646,1510]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[441,1145,646,1510]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. Oligocladus voightae n. sp.; photomicrographs. A. Sagittal histological section of the anterior end showing position of brain posterior to mouth and details of the male and female reproductive systems. Scale bar = 150 µm. B. Higher magnification sagittal section through male copulatory complex. Asterisk indicates the connecting duct between the seminal vesicle and the accessory storage vesicle. Scale bar = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/173989/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figs. 8</figureCitation>
A and 10). The pharynx connects to a median intestinal branch which itself extents anteriorly dorsal to the brain, and posteriorly almost to the body margin. The posterior part of the median intestinal branch divides into 6 to 8 large, radial branches and 4 smaller ones just dorsal to the pharynx (
<figureCitation id="136997D1B408FFBCFBC5FE2C2339FE78" box="[1031,1107,484,510]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[264,367,734,758]" captionTargetBox="[409,1177,326,710]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[409,1177,326,710]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. Sagittal section of Oligocladus voightae n. sp., showing details of intestine and characteristic anal pore (arrow). Scale bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/173988/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). An anal pore is present on the medial intestinal branch just prior to the terminal end of the branch itself (
<figureCitation id="136997D1B408FFBCFED3FDFC2632FDC8" box="[273,344,564,590]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[264,367,734,758]" captionTargetBox="[409,1177,326,710]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[409,1177,326,710]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. Sagittal section of Oligocladus voightae n. sp., showing details of intestine and characteristic anal pore (arrow). Scale bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/173988/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). An anterior vesicle opening to the exterior was observed, but there is no evidence of it being connected or related to the digestive system.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BED8B54B408FFBCFECAF92023B6F8EE" blockId="12.[264,1323,1768,1896]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B9265746B408FFBCFECAF92026E4F886" bold="true" box="[264,398,1768,1792]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Whole mount of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B408FFBCFD99F9212429F886" box="[603,835,1769,1792]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Oligocladus voightae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9265746B408FFBCFC8CF92024E4F886" bold="true" box="[846,910,1768,1792]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A215EA3DB408FFBCFC8CF92024E4F886" box="[846,910,1768,1792]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; photomicrographs. A. Anterior end, showing tentacles (arrow heads), massive pharynx, and female reproductive structures. Scale bar = 1 mm. B. Higher magnification of anterior end. Arrow heads indicate putative pores of vesicular channel system. Note, channels are only found on one side of the animal. Scale bar = 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BED8B54B409FFBDFECAFD16244DFC9E" blockId="13.[264,1322,734,792]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFECAFD1626FAFD70" bold="true" box="[264,400,734,758]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Sagittal section of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFDB7FD17240AFD70" box="[629,864,735,758]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Oligocladus voightae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFCAEFD1624C4FD70" bold="true" box="[876,942,734,758]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A215EA3DB409FFBDFCAEFD1624C4FD70" box="[876,942,734,758]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, showing details of intestine and characteristic anal pore (arrow). Scale bar = 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B409FFBDFEFAFC8F2523FCE6" blockId="13.[264,1324,839,1905]" box="[312,585,839,864]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFEFAFC8F2523FCE6" box="[312,585,839,864]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Reproductive anatomy:</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B409FFBDFEFAFCA7241FFC37" blockId="13.[264,1324,839,1905]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFEFAFCA726B0FC0E" box="[312,474,879,904]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Gonopores —</emphasis>
pores are well separated from each other. The female pore is posterior to the male pore and located well anterior of the sucker.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B409FFBDFEFAFC7725E3FB77" blockId="13.[264,1324,839,1905]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFEFAFC7725C8FC5E" box="[312,674,959,984]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Male copulatory apparatus —</emphasis>
testes are scattered ventrally all over the body but are especially concentrated in the posterior end. The male apparatus is rather small compared to the size of the animal. A free prostatic vesicle (125 µm) is located just dorsal to the male atrium (
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). The seminal vesicle is larger than the prostatic vesicle (175µm), and is located posterior to the atrium. In addition, the seminal vesicle is connected to an accessory storage vesicle containing a basophilic substance, possibly sperm (
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and
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). This accessory vesicle wraps itself dorsally around the seminal vesicle. A deep atrium houses a pointed stylet (175µm).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B409FFBDFEFAFB372695FA3F" blockId="13.[264,1324,839,1905]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFEFAFB3725D4FA9E" box="[312,702,1279,1304]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Female copulatory apparatus —</emphasis>
The ovaries are dorsal and scattered over the entire body, fanning out in a radial pattern from the pharynx (
<figureCitation id="136997D1B409FFBDFC50FAEF24B2FAC7" box="[914,984,1319,1345]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[264,368,1768,1792]" captionTargetBox="[441,1145,672,1743]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[441,1145,672,1744]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Whole mount of Oligocladus voightae n. sp.; photomicrographs. A. Anterior end, showing tentacles (arrow heads), massive pharynx, and female reproductive structures. Scale bar = 1 mm. B. Higher magnification of anterior end. Arrow heads indicate putative pores of vesicular channel system. Note, channels are only found on one side of the animal. Scale bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/173987/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
A). Two small uterine trunks are present behind the pharynx. Numerous uterine vesicles are present (
<figureCitation id="136997D1B409FFBDFBA7FA8723DDFAEF" box="[1125,1207,1359,1385]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[264,368,1768,1792]" captionTargetBox="[441,1145,672,1743]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[441,1145,672,1744]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Whole mount of Oligocladus voightae n. sp.; photomicrographs. A. Anterior end, showing tentacles (arrow heads), massive pharynx, and female reproductive structures. Scale bar = 1 mm. B. Higher magnification of anterior end. Arrow heads indicate putative pores of vesicular channel system. Note, channels are only found on one side of the animal. Scale bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/173987/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Figs. 6</figureCitation>
A and 9). The female atrium is not very deep and connected to a simple vagina, which in turn connects to oviducts.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B409FFBDFEFAFA0E2556FA66" blockId="13.[264,1324,839,1905]" box="[312,572,1478,1504]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFEFAFA0E2556FA66" bold="true" box="[312,572,1478,1504]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Taxonomic remarks:</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B409FFBDFEFAFA27263EF8F7" blockId="13.[264,1324,839,1905]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
Both,
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and
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are in agreement of the genus
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<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFB59FA272240F98E" box="[1179,1322,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Oligocladus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
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. Therefore, either classification system may be used for its identification. Conspicuous characters such as a digestive system with a median main intestinal branch, a plicate, cylindrical pharynx extending anteriorly to the level of the brain, a male copulatory complex located anterior to the female one, and a true free prostatic vesicle, clearly place this species in the family
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. Among the
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, three genera share the possession of an anal pore in the main intestinal branch,
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFEADF8CF25C9F8A6" box="[367,675,1799,1824]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
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,
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,
</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFD2FF8CF24E7F8A6" box="[749,909,1799,1824]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
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.
</emphasis>
However, only
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<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFBA3F8CF239AF8A6" box="[1121,1264,1799,1824]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Oligocladus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9265746B409FFBDFECAF8E726E5F8CE" box="[264,399,1839,1864]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Cycloporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also possess a pair of uterine trunks with multiple uterine vesicles (Faubel 1984).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B40AFFBEFEFAFED425D8FDC8" blockId="14.[264,1323,284,590]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFEFAFED426ADFEB3" box="[312,455,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Oligocladus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFDC8FED425FBFEB3" box="[522,657,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cycloporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are distinguished by the presence of many peripheral vesicles opening to the exterior. In
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFD60FE8C2443FEDB" box="[674,809,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cycloporus</emphasis>
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these vesicles have clear connections to the digestive system; in
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFDCBFEA425F2FE03" box="[521,664,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Oligocladus</emphasis>
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they do not. In one examined specimen, a vesicular channel system opening via several pores to the exterior was observed in the anterior portion, albeit only on one side of the worm. However, the relationship of this channel system to the digestive system is uncertain. In addition, an obvious anal pore opening dorsally from the caudal end of the main intestinal branch confirmed a placement into
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFECAFDFC26F2FDCB" box="[264,408,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Oligocladus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
rather than
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFDE6FDFC25C1FDCB" box="[548,683,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cycloporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BED8B54B40AFFBEFECAFA362593F926" blockId="14.[264,1323,1534,1696]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFECAFA3626E0F990" bold="true" box="[264,394,1534,1558]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFE51FA372513F990" box="[403,633,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Oligocladus voightae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
; photomicrographs. A. Sagittal histological section of the anterior end showing position of brain posterior to mouth and details of the male and female reproductive systems. Scale bar = 150 µm. B. Higher magnification sagittal section through male copulatory complex. Asterisk indicates the connecting duct between the seminal vesicle and the accessory storage vesicle. Scale bar = 100 µm.
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Additionally,
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recognizes the position of the brain posterior to the mouth as unique to the genus
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFDBBF9342462F893" box="[633,776,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Oligocladus</emphasis>
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, with only two species. According to Faubel (1984), the anatomy of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40AFFBEFDDDF8EC25FCF8BB" box="[543,662,1828,1853]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">O. auritus</emphasis>
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is not very well known, although
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placed it into this genus because its brain is posterior to the mouth. Thus, the position of the brain of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFECAFED426FBFEB3" box="[264,401,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">O. voightae</emphasis>
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supports the placement of this species in the genus
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFC31FED423E8FEB3" box="[1011,1154,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Oligocladus</emphasis>
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. Furthermore, the general anatomy of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFDE4FE8C25DBFEDB" box="[550,689,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">O. voightae</emphasis>
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corresponds well with that of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFBE6FE8C2387FEDB" box="[1060,1261,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">O. sanginolentus</emphasis>
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with the exception of the presence of two sharply­defined clusters of cerebral eyes and an anteriorly trifurcated intestinal trunk in the latter species (
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).
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFECAFC2726E1FB81" bold="true" box="[264,395,1007,1031]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Diagram of ventral view of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFD78FC2724F5FB80" box="[698,927,1007,1030]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Oligocladus voightae</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, showing position of male and female reproductive structures. Scale bar = 1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFECAFA2326C9F985" bold="true" box="[264,419,1515,1539]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Schematic sagittal representation of reproductive and digestive systems of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFECAF9C62687F9A3" box="[264,493,1550,1573]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Oligocladus voightae</emphasis>
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Scale bar = 250 µm.
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<emphasis id="B9265746B40BFFBFFEFAF99B2558F9EB" bold="true" box="[312,562,1619,1645]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Ecological remarks:</emphasis>
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It is interesting to note that the two newly described species so far have been collected only from deep­sea wood deployments heavily colonized by wood­boring clams (species of which are currently being described, Dr. J. Voight, Chicago Field Museum, pers. comm.). Previously,
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demonstrated the importance of deep­sea wood deployments in the establishment of a highly diverse community, consisting of woodboring bivalves, predatory polychaetes and gastropods, galatheid crabs, echinoderms and most likely fish. With respect to flatworms,
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reports a single specimen of a predatory turbellarian only; the most abundant taxa of her study being gastropods and polychaetes.
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This contrasts sharply with polyclad densities found at Escanaba Trough and ODP. In
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were collected from four
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inch pieces of lumber at Escanaba Trough that had been deployed there in
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, and in
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from near Baby Bare Seamount off identical deployments made in
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(Dr. J. Voight, pers. comm.).
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The ecological function of the two newly described species may be inferred from known predatory behavior of other polyclads. Acotyleans of the families
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and
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are known to prey on rock and pearl oysters (
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Newman
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1993
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), blue mussels (
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Galleni
<emphasis id="B9265746B414FFA0FC4CFD1C24A4FD6B" box="[910,974,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
1980
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Villalba
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), barnacles (
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Murina
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1995
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), and cultured giant clams (
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Newman
<emphasis id="B9265746B414FFA0FB8BFD3423E2FC93" box="[1097,1160,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
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). Their impact can be substantial, as they often feed exclusively on spat or juvenile bivalves, resulting in as much as 90% mortality (
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Newman
<emphasis id="B9265746B414FFA0FCA6FC8424C8FCE3" box="[868,930,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
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). Predation by a stylochid polyclad on oysters has been reported also for the
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Atlantic and Gulf of
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coasts (
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,
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,
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,
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Chintala
<emphasis id="B9265746B414FFA0FBAEFC5423CDFC33" box="[1132,1191,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
1993
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), and
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Newell
<emphasis id="B9265746B414FFA0FEA7FC0F26CBFC66" box="[357,417,967,992]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(2000)
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were able to show that small (&lt;
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2) polyclads were instrumental in significantly reducing the numbers of young oyster spat (less than 3 weeks postsettlement) in Chesapeake Bay.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED8B54B414FFA0FEFAFBF72249FAA7" blockId="16.[264,1323,284,1313]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
Recently,
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Ritson­Williams
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(2006)
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described the predatory behavior of a planocerid, concluding that this flatworm uses tetrodotoxin to capture and kill its mollusk prey. From the observed ecological association of
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<emphasis id="B9265746B414FFA0FC9BFB472308FB2E" box="[857,1122,1167,1192]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Anocellidus profundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9265746B414FFA0FB59FB472607FB56" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Oligocladus voightae</emphasis>
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with deep­sea bivalves, it is tempting to speculate that the flatworms may use a toxin such as tetrodotoxin to subdue their prey. At this point, however, such predator­prey interactions, and the presence of toxins in deep­sea flatworms remain to be demonstrated.
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