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The species was originally described in
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). New record for the Gulf of Mexico (Yucatan).
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Elongated oval body shape, firm and fleshy consistency. In live specimens, body measures
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length, and
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in width. Rounded nuchal tentacles visible. Pale beige colouration, translucent near the margins. Small white spots, denser along the midline and a white dotted line along the entire body margin (Fig.
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). Two elongated clusters of cerebral eyes between nuchal tentacles. Densely packed tentacular eyes. Marginal eyes in the first 1 / 3 of the body, up to the level of the tentacles (Fig.
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). Ruffled pharynx centrally located, oral opening at its centre.
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.
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Male and female copulatory apparatus posterior to pharynx, near second 1 / 2 of body. Male apparatus comprises a free prostatic vesicle and a small kidney-shaped seminal vesicle. Ejaculatory duct penetrates through an anteroposterior-oriented penis papilla into the deep atrium. Penis papilla, small, conical. Male atrium heart-shaped, deep (Fig.
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). Female apparatus simple, anteroposteriorly oriented, slightly muscular vagina, and small ciliated female atrium (Fig.
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To avoid confusion between
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="94A041F507C826A0426FD7323C7BFF9E" DOI="10.11606/issn.2526-4877.bsffclzoologia.1947.125220" author="Marcus E" firstAuthor="Marcus" journalOrPublisher="Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade de So Paulo Zoologia" pagination="99-215" refId="B39" refString="Marcus E (1947) Turbellarios Marinhos do Brasil (5). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade de So Paulo Zoologia 12: 99215. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-4877.bsffclzoologia.1947.125220" title="Turbellarios Marinhos do Brasil (5)." volume="12" year="1947">Marcus (1947)</bibRefCitation>
renamed the specimens described by
<bibRefCitation id="31720315D7C134C9184F2E62F3E2488A" author="Bock S" firstAuthor="Bock" journalOrPublisher="Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition" pagination="259-304" refId="B8" refString="Bock S (1931) Die Polycladen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 19011903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 20: 259304." title="Die Polycladen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903." volume="20" year="1931">Bock (1931)</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis id="12FDFB6AE5E1EE5363FFA33BD3F39F3F" italics="true">Stylochus sixteni</emphasis>
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. The specimen captured on the coast of Yucatan is most similar to the specimen described by
<bibRefCitation id="0AF45BD951CD1D2AADD96B5B2DFE5ED6" author="Bock S" firstAuthor="Bock" journalOrPublisher="Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition" pagination="259-304" refId="B8" refString="Bock S (1931) Die Polycladen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 19011903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 20: 259304." title="Die Polycladen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903." volume="20" year="1931">Bock (1931)</bibRefCitation>
. The major difference between the specimens described by
<bibRefCitation id="113180E2C19D2947F3C1F1DB3E3263E7" author="Bock S" firstAuthor="Bock" journalOrPublisher="Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition" pagination="259-304" refId="B8" refString="Bock S (1931) Die Polycladen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 19011903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 20: 259304." title="Die Polycladen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903." volume="20" year="1931">Bock (1931)</bibRefCitation>
and
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<emphasis id="DB1C176E39AB525FADC288EBB07855B0" italics="true">Stylochus sixteni</emphasis>
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from the Gulf of Mexico is the distance of the reproductive system from the posterior end of the animal. The reproductive organs, in Bocks description, are close to the body end, while in the Yucatan specimens, they are near to the posterior end, but not so close as in Bocks. However, this may be due to the difference in size, since the specimens from
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measured
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, while those from the Yucatan coast measured
<quantity id="243616BCC66E2840032035E221CD45AE" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="mm" value="20.0">20 mm</quantity>
(Fig.
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).
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<label id="E6F1C26202A680F5F7859B7EFCF88326">Figure 24.</label>
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<emphasis id="A074F0FB599EBB562E353CCA63A327F3" italics="true">Stylochus sixteni</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="ED135B453A1DC2890AE4C48C422ABBCE" bold="true">A</emphasis>
live animal, photographed on a black background, tentacles
<emphasis id="D0204FDC93B8BC523C1B4A9BD08EAB9A" bold="true">B</emphasis>
anterior end, marginal, cerebral and tentacular eyes, after fixation
<emphasis id="986712846B78047E3A111B4F16A5C12A" bold="true">C</emphasis>
sagittal section through the reproductive system (stained with AZAN)
<emphasis id="1463373180C25D3E00CBD52BA07A694E" bold="true">D</emphasis>
specimen in situ
<emphasis id="A753699248B7D669EB708BB2173B4D85" bold="true">E</emphasis>
sagittal reconstruction of male and female copulatory organs.
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