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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5159665A5A4FD44FE8972B7" bold="true" box="[151,305,725,751]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Kuma blacki</emphasis>
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(
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,
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<figureCitation id="13026CA6C5159665A43FFD69FE92734A" box="[268,298,760,786]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1970,1994]" captionTargetBox="[264,1323,869,1938]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[264,1323,869,1946]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 12. Kuma blacki sp. nov.; frontal histological sections of holotype. A. Whole animal. B, C. Male copulatory organ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181078/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">12</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5159665A5A4F831FE9C77E0" bold="true" box="[151,292,1952,1976]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C390BA0C5159665A419F830FE0977E0" box="[298,433,1953,1976]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Haploposthiidae" genus="Kuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="blacki" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5159665A419F830FE0977E0" box="[298,433,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Kuma blacki</emphasis>
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; photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Whole specimen. B. Anterior end. C. Posterior end. D. Male copulatory organ.
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.
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.
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1096768, one set of 2-µm-thick serial frontal sections of epoxy-embedded specimen stained with toluidine blue.
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.
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Bastimentos (
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), from subtidal, clean, coarse-grained, wellsorted sand surrounded by
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<taxonomicName id="4C390BA0C5169666A4E0FE9BFDFD717B" box="[467,581,266,291]" class="Liliopsida" family="Hydrocharitaceae" genus="Thalassia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alismatales" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Thalassia</taxonomicName>
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sp
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.
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5169666A5F5FEA3FF60712C" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,772]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5169666A5F5FEA3FDB37114" bold="true" box="[198,523,306,332]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Other Material Examined</emphasis>
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. Living specimens in squeeze preparations; two sets of 2-µm-thick serial sections.
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<subSubSection id="C32323A8C5169666A5F5FE13FBC7719C" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5169666A5F5FE13FBC7719C" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,772]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5169666A5F5FE13FEF371C4" bold="true" box="[198,331,386,412]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Etymology</emphasis>
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. Species name honors Prof. Steven D. Black of Reed College, Portland, Oregon, who generously provided lab space and equipment to M.D.H. for the completion of this project.
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<subSubSection id="C32323A8C5169667A5F5FE43FF617122" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5169666A5F5FE43FAE5723C" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,772]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5169666A5F5FE43FEEF71B4" bold="true" box="[198,343,466,492]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description</emphasis>
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. Mature specimens ~720 µm long and ~120 µm wide (
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<figureCitation id="13026CA6C5169666A110FE43FB3F71B4" box="[1059,1159,466,492]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1952,1976]" captionTargetBox="[274,1257,836,1924]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1257,836,1925]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Kuma blacki sp. nov.; photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Whole specimen. B. Anterior end. C. Posterior end. D. Male copulatory organ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181077/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
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A, 12A). Anterior end rounded; posterior end blunt. Epidermis without obvious coloration, but digestive syncytium with orange coloration in transmitted light. Epidermis completely ciliated. Few scattered rhabdoids present in body wall. Frontal organ well developed (
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<figureCitation id="13026CA6C5169666A4CDFDDBFDE5723C" box="[510,605,586,612]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1952,1976]" captionTargetBox="[274,1257,836,1924]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1257,836,1925]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Kuma blacki sp. nov.; photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Whole specimen. B. Anterior end. C. Posterior end. D. Male copulatory organ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181077/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
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B, 12A). Mouth opening on ventral surface, anterior half of body.
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5169666A5F5FDE3FC257284" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,772]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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Ovaries paired, ventral; extend from mouth posteriorly to middle of body. Testes paired, lateral to ovary, compact; extend posteriorly from middle of body. Immediately behind ovary, testes fuse to form single mass that extends posteriorly to seminal vesicle (
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<figureCitation id="13026CA6C5169666A7A0FD53FD497284" box="[659,753,706,732]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1952,1976]" captionTargetBox="[274,1257,836,1924]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1257,836,1925]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Kuma blacki sp. nov.; photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Whole specimen. B. Anterior end. C. Posterior end. D. Male copulatory organ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181077/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
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A, C, 12A, B).
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5169666A5F5FD7BFC93735C" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,772]" box="[198,811,746,772]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Female gonopore, vagina, and seminal bursa absent.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5169666A5A4F823FF6277B4" blockId="14.[151,1436,1970,2028]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5169666A5A4F823FE907792" bold="true" box="[151,296,1970,1994]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C390BA0C5169666A403F823FE017791" box="[304,441,1970,1993]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Haploposthiidae" genus="Kuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="blacki" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5169666A403F823FE017791" box="[304,441,1970,1993]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Kuma blacki</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5169666A4F2F823FDAF7792" bold="true" box="[449,535,1970,1994]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27E114AC5169666A4F2F823FDAF7792" box="[449,535,1970,1994]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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; frontal histological sections of holotype. A. Whole animal. B, C. Male copulatory organ.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5179667A5F5FF09FF617122" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,690]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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Male gonopore terminal at posterior end of body (
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<figureCitation id="13026CA6C5179667A627FF09FCCC70EA" box="[788,884,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1952,1976]" captionTargetBox="[274,1257,836,1924]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1257,836,1925]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Kuma blacki sp. nov.; photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Whole specimen. B. Anterior end. C. Posterior end. D. Male copulatory organ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181077/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
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B, D, 12B). Gonopore opens to ciliated antrum with muscular wall (
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<figureCitation id="13026CA6C5179667A4A6FF51FE4F7082" box="[405,503,192,218]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1952,1976]" captionTargetBox="[274,1257,836,1924]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1257,836,1925]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Kuma blacki sp. nov.; photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Whole specimen. B. Anterior end. C. Posterior end. D. Male copulatory organ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181077/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
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D, 12B, C). Antrum wall appears to have a few gland cells that empty into antrum. Proximal end of antrum ringed by a rosette of erythrophilic gland cells that appear granular in living specimens (
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<figureCitation id="13026CA6C5179667A412FE81FEC77172" box="[289,383,272,298]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1952,1976]" captionTargetBox="[274,1257,836,1924]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1257,836,1925]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Kuma blacki sp. nov.; photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Whole specimen. B. Anterior end. C. Posterior end. D. Male copulatory organ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181077/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
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D, 12C). Elongated seminal vesicle positioned proximally to antrum and gland cells; seminal vesicle wall lined with tissue but not muscle. Sperm within seminal vesicle aligned in parallel (
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<figureCitation id="13026CA6C5179667A012FEA9FAC7710A" box="[1313,1407,312,338]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1952,1976]" captionTargetBox="[274,1257,836,1924]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1257,836,1925]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Kuma blacki sp. nov.; photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Whole specimen. B. Anterior end. C. Posterior end. D. Male copulatory organ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181077/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
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D, 12C).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C32323A8C5179667A5F5FE16FEF272EA" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5179667A5F5FE16FBFA7242" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,690]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5179667A5F5FE16FE8071F9" bold="true" box="[198,312,391,417]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks</emphasis>
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. Species in the genus
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<taxonomicName id="4C390BA0C5179667A774FE19FD3571F9" box="[583,653,392,417]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Haploposthiidae" genus="Kuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5179667A774FE19FD3571F9" box="[583,653,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kuma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are distinguished from those in
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<taxonomicName id="4C390BA0C5179667A120FE19FB0A71F9" box="[1043,1202,392,417]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Haploposthiidae" genus="Haploposthia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5179667A120FE19FB0A71F9" box="[1043,1202,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Haploposthia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by having separate rather than combined germinal centers for sperm and eggs.
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<taxonomicName id="4C390BA0C5179667A679FE21FC667191" box="[842,990,432,457]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Haploposthiidae" genus="Kuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="blacki">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5179667A679FE21FC667191" box="[842,990,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kuma blacki</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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stands apart from the other six known species in the genus in having paired testes that fuse together to form a single mass in the posterior half of the body, and in having an elongated seminal vesicle with sperm aligned in parallel.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B867023C5179667A5F5FDB9FEF272EA" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,690]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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The male antrum of
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<taxonomicName id="4C390BA0C5179667A48BFDB9FDF77219" box="[440,591,552,577]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Haploposthiidae" genus="Kuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="blacki">
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<emphasis id="B94DAC31C5179667A48BFDB9FDF77219" box="[440,591,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kuma blacki</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is apparently capable of considerable contraction in its length. The live specimens we examined had only a very short antrum—almost nothing more than an indentation in the epidermis. However, in the histological sections of three specimens we examined, the antrum length was approximately 50 µm.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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