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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA4AE52FF4B91D2FE94FB2C" bold="true" box="[151,329,1175,1201]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Childia curinii</emphasis>
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Material
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:
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Type-8049.
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1:
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Type-8050,
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Type-8051.
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Locality
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. Formica,
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(
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), from
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water depth, in fine sand.
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA4AE52FF1B900CFE2AFAFF" bold="true" box="[199,503,1353,1378]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Other Material examined</emphasis>
. Living specimens in squeeze preparations; 3 sets of 45 μm serial sagittal sections of paraffin-embedded specimen.
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA4AE52FF1B90D7FE93FA37" bold="true" box="[199,334,1426,1450]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Etymology.</emphasis>
Species name honors professor Marco Curini Galletti.
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA4AE52FF1B90F0FE84FA53" bold="true" box="[199,345,1461,1486]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Description.</emphasis>
Mature living specimens up to 3000 μm long and 700 μm wide. Body shape cylindric, elongate, widest anteriorly, ends rounded. Body with yellow to green pigment uniformly scattered across body (
<figureCitation id="1334E8FEFFA4AE52FAB2909FFF6FF98B" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1469,1492]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1448]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[151,1436,301,1449]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 16. Childia curinii sp. nov. Photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Dorsal view of whole specimen. Scale bar: 500 μm. B. View of mid-body. Scale bar: 60 μm. C. Male copulatory organ and inclusions. Scale bar: 30 μm. D. View of posterior end of body. Scale bar: 80 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277473/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
ABD). Epidermis completely ciliated with 5 μm long cilia. Frontal organ well developed. Cell bodies of frontal organ located in the anterior 1/4 of body. Subdermal eosinophilic glands present, sparsely scattered throughout body. Statocyst located 250 μm from anterior end, at U10, 5 μm in diameter. Mouth ventral, at U35.
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Body-wall musculature reversed, longitudinal muscles located outside the circular muscles (
<figureCitation id="1334E8FEFFA4AE52FB13932FFAFFF91F" box="[1231,1314,1642,1666]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1269,1292]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,661,1247]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[151,1436,661,1248]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 17. Childia curinii sp. nov. Photomicrographs of sagittal histological sections stained with hematoxylin-eosin. A. Section through length of body. Scale bar: 150 μm. B. Showing section through male and female copulatory organs and circular (double arrowhead) and longitudinal (arrowhead) muscles in body wall. Scale bar: 50 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277474/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
B).
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Paired ovaries, each lateral band with up to twelve oocytes, ventral - discernible in sectioned material and partially in live specimens. Ovaries extend anterior to level of mouth and posteriorly to seminal bursa, from U35 to U75. Globular seminal bursa present, at U75, with well-developed bursal wall (
<figureCitation id="1334E8FEFFA4AE52FBC09393FBB2F973" box="[1052,1135,1750,1774]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1269,1292]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,661,1247]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[151,1436,661,1248]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 17. Childia curinii sp. nov. Photomicrographs of sagittal histological sections stained with hematoxylin-eosin. A. Section through length of body. Scale bar: 150 μm. B. Showing section through male and female copulatory organs and circular (double arrowhead) and longitudinal (arrowhead) muscles in body wall. Scale bar: 50 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277474/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
B). Ciliated female gonopore positioned on ventral side, at level of seminal bursa.
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Testes paired, compact, lateral to ovaries, extending anteriorly to level of mouth and posteriorly to male copulatory organ, from U30 to U83. Male gonopore positioned posteriorly on ventral side, U87. Opening immediately to male copulatory organ with sclerotized, conical stylet-like structure, composed of several tightly packed needles (
<figureCitation id="1334E8FEFFA4AE52FF4392CFFF21F83F" box="[159,252,1930,1954]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1469,1492]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1448]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[151,1436,301,1449]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 16. Childia curinii sp. nov. Photomicrographs of living specimens. A. Dorsal view of whole specimen. Scale bar: 500 μm. B. View of mid-body. Scale bar: 60 μm. C. Male copulatory organ and inclusions. Scale bar: 30 μm. D. View of posterior end of body. Scale bar: 80 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277473/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Figs. 16</figureCitation>
C, 17AB). Individual needles of copulatory structure radiating at the proximal end of the stylet.
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In squeezed live specimens one can detect about 25 needles up to 75 μm long. Needles weakly stained by eosin. Stylet-like structure surrounded by seminal vesicle (
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AB).
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Curved rod-like inclusions present, 30 μm long (up to 60 μm in some cases), and 58 μm wide, scattered throughout body in parenchyma, but most visible in posterior (
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BC).
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FF4B90F8FEC2FA4E" bold="true" box="[151,287,1469,1492]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">FIGURE 16.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FEF990FBFE66FA49" box="[293,443,1470,1492]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Childia curinii</emphasis>
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Photomicrographs of living specimens.
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. Dorsal view of whole specimen. Scale bar: 500 μm.
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. View of mid-body. Scale bar: 60 μm.
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FDB89099FDABFA6E" bold="true" box="[612,630,1500,1523]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C</emphasis>
. Male copulatory organ and inclusions. Scale bar: 30 μm.
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FB169098FB01FA6F" bold="true" box="[1226,1244,1501,1522]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">D</emphasis>
. View of posterior end of body. Scale bar: 80 μm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C315A7F0FFA7AE50FF1B931DFDA9FDC2" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="20" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BB0F47BFFA7AE51FF1B931DFE3FF962" blockId="18.[151,1436,1623,1791]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FF1B931DFEE6F9ED" bold="true" box="[199,315,1624,1648]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Remarks.</emphasis>
The two
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FE749312FE21F9F2" box="[424,508,1623,1647]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Childia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species can be identified as members of the monotypic
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due to the well developed single copulatory organ built of tightly packed sclerotized needles and the body-wall musculature with longitudinal fibers positioned outside circular fibers. The Bayesian analysis of the nucleotide data places
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA7AE51FAEE93E5FF61F946" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="aculifera">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FAEE93E5FF61F946" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C. aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as sister to all other
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FE7F9386FE2AF946" box="[419,503,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Childia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species and
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FD589386FCF7F946" box="[644,810,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Childia curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the sister species of the two cryptic species identified as
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FF6993ADFEA4F962" box="[181,377,1767,1791]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C. submaculatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="1334E8FEFFA7AE51FE5493A2FE08F962" box="[392,469,1767,1791]" captionStart="FIGURE 15" captionStartId="17.[151,250,983,1006]" captionTargetBox="[151,1417,185,955]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,177,962]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 15. Detail from the majority rule consensus tree summarizing the result of the Bayesian analysis of the combined 18 S rDNA, 28 S rDNA and COI dataset with the GTR + G substitution model after 10 million generations sampled every 1000 generations after a burnin of 5 million generations. C. aculifera is placed as the sister to all other Childia species. Childia curinii is placed as the sister species of the two cryptic species identified as C. submaculatum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277472/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig 15</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB0F47BFFA7AE51FF4B926AFD6DF812" blockId="18.[151,1436,1839,2007]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA7AE51FF4B926AFE8BF8DA" box="[151,342,1839,1863]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="aculifera" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FF4B926AFE8BF8DA" box="[151,342,1839,1863]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Childia aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is easily distinguished from other
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FCF0926AFC5DF8DA" box="[812,896,1839,1863]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Childia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species by its warm yellow to orange pigmentation, needle-like reflective inclusions, cone shaped stylet-structure with large stylet canal surrounded by seminal vesicle and numerous eosinophilic body glands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB0F47BFFA7AE51FF1B92DEFA41F84A" blockId="18.[151,1436,1839,2007]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
Inclusions are also present in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA7AE51FDC192DEFD1BF82E" box="[541,710,1947,1971]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="curinii">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FDC192DEFD1BF82E" box="[541,710,1947,1971]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Childia curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FCDC92DEFC24F82E" box="[768,1017,1947,1971]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Childia tranguliferum</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, but with different size, shape and reflectiveness. Inclusions in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA7AE51FD7D9285FCB7F84A" box="[673,874,1983,2007]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="trianguliferum">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FD7D9285FCB7F84A" box="[673,874,1983,2007]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C. trianguliferum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are triangle-shaped and highly reflective. In
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA7AE51FA5E9285FA41F84A" box="[1410,1436,1984,2007]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB0F47BFFA6AE50FF4B95DCFDA9FDC2" blockId="19.[151,1436,150,608]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FF4B95DCFF3FFF2D" box="[151,226,153,176]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="curinii">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FF4B95DCFF3FFF2D" box="[151,226,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
inclusions are rod-like, much larger (3060 µm long and 58 μm wide), slightly curved and not particularly reflective, while in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FEB395F8FE29FF49" box="[367,500,188,212]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="aculifera">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FEB395F8FE29FF49" box="[367,500,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are reflective, needle-like and much thinner (2 μm wide). Moreover, the styletlike structure in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FE9395A5FDC9FF65" box="[335,532,224,248]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="trianguliferum">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FE9395A5FDC9FF65" box="[335,532,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. trianguliferum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD7595A5FCF2FF65" box="[681,815,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a slightly curved distal end and more irregular-shaped and less compact needles. The mouth in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FD319440FC6EFE81" box="[749,947,260,284]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="trianguliferum">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD319440FC6EFE81" box="[749,947,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. trianguliferum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is located in the anterior end, the seminal bursa is more dorsally positioned, the seminal vesicle does not surround the stylet-like structure and yellow pigmentation is absent. The stylet-like structure of C.
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FD3A9409FC96FEF9" box="[742,843,332,356]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="aculifera">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD3A9409FC96FEF9" box="[742,843,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is smaller (50 µm), with fewer needles, than in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FA5E9408FF3FFE15" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="curinii">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FA5E9408FF3FFE15" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, (75 µm). The female antrum is shorter in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FD1A9435FCEEFE15" box="[710,819,368,392]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="curinii">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD1A9435FCEEFE15" box="[710,819,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the stylet-like structure has a broader shape, compact, and without large stylet canal visible in sections. Both species have yellow pigmentation, but the color is more warm yellow to orange in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FE6794FDFD9DFE4D" box="[443,576,440,464]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="aculifera">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FE6794FDFD9DFE4D" box="[443,576,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and yellow to green in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FC9994FDFC6DFE4D" box="[837,944,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FC6294FDFB9EFE4D" box="[958,1091,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has more intense pigmentation in the middle of body, whereas pigmentation in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD2C9498FC86FE69" box="[752,859,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is uniformly scattered across the body. In
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FAED9498FA41FE69" box="[1329,1436,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
testes extend further anteriorly and the mouth is located in anterior end of body. Furthermore,
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FB649745FAE3FD85" box="[1208,1342,512,536]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="aculifera">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FB649745FAE3FD85" box="[1208,1342,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has less compact eggs, more numerous eosinophilic body glands, and a seminal bursa located closer to the stylet-like structure, than
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FEDB970DFEAEFDFD" box="[263,371,584,608]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="curinii">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FEDB970DFEAEFDFD" box="[263,371,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FE75970DFDB0FDFD" box="[425,621,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. trianguliferum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB0F47BFFA6AE50FF4B91B0FBFAFADA" blockId="19.[151,1435,1269,1352]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FF4B91B0FEFFFA97" bold="true" box="[151,290,1269,1292]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FEF091B0FE18FA96" box="[300,453,1269,1291]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Childia curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FE1291B3FDC4FA96" bold="true" box="[462,537,1270,1291]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">sp.nov.</emphasis>
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Photomicrographs of sagittal histological sections stained with hematoxylin-eosin.
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FA5F91B0FA48FA97" bold="true" box="[1411,1429,1269,1290]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
. Section through length of body. Scale bar: 150 μm.
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD429051FD72FAB4" bold="true" box="[670,687,1300,1321]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">B</emphasis>
. Showing section through male and female copulatory organs and circular (double arrowhead) and longitudinal (arrowhead) muscles in body wall. Scale bar: 50 μm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C315A7F0FFA6AE57FF1B90D5FB13FF6A" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="21" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="reference_group">
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<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FF1B90D5FEEEFA3A" box="[199,307,1424,1447]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="curinii">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FF1B90D5FEEEFA3A" box="[199,307,1424,1447]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily distinguished from other
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD6490CAFCD1FA3A" box="[696,780,1423,1447]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Childia</emphasis>
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species by its yellow pigmentation, rod-shaped inclusions in the parenchyma, broad cone-shaped stylet-like structure surrounded by the seminal vesicle and relatively large body size,
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. Inclusions are also present in
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FD709092FBAFFA72" authority="Westblad, 1942" authorityName="Westblad" authorityYear="1942" box="[684,1138,1495,1519]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="trianguliferum">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD709092FC77FA72" box="[684,938,1495,1519]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Childia trianguliferum</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0F8FF8FFA6AE50FB759092FAB4FA72" box="[1193,1385,1495,1519]" class="Acoelomorpha" family="Childiidae" genus="Childia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acoela" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Xenacoelomorpha" rank="species" species="aculifera">
<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FB759092FAB4FA72" box="[1193,1385,1495,1519]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Childia aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FF6990BEFEA6F98E" box="[181,379,1531,1555]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. trianguliferum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are triangular and in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD7390BEFCEAF98E" box="[687,823,1531,1555]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
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they are needle-like and reflective in transmitted and reflected light. The inclusions in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FDD4935AFD73F9AA" box="[520,686,1567,1591]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Childia curinii</emphasis>
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are rod-shaped, much wider than the inclusions in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FB3B9365FAB0F9AA" box="[1255,1389,1567,1591]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
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and not particularly reflective.
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FE189306FD54F9C6" box="[452,649,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. trianguliferum</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FCFD9306FC53F9C6" box="[801,910,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
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in having fewer and less compact visible needles in the stylet-like structure, more numerous and tightly packed eggs, and mouth located closer to statocyst at 25U. The stylet-like structure of
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FDDF93CEFDB3F93E" box="[515,622,1675,1699]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
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has more needles and is larger (75 µm) than the stylet like structure in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FA5E93CEFF21F95A" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
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(50 µm). The female antrum is shorter in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD3D93F5FC92F95A" box="[737,847,1712,1735]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
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than in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FC7193F5FBE8F95A" box="[941,1077,1711,1735]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
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. Both species have yellow pigmentation, but the color is yellow to green in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FD4E9396FD20F976" box="[658,765,1747,1771]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
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and more warm yellow to orange in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FB449396FAC0F976" box="[1176,1309,1747,1771]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
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which also has more intense pigmentation in the middle of the body, whereas pigmentation in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FB8393BDFB12F892" box="[1119,1231,1784,1807]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
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is uniform. In
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FA5E93BDFF3FF8AE" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
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testes extend further anteriorly and the mouth is in the anterior end of the body whereas it is located in the mid-body in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FEFA9205FE76F8CA" box="[294,427,1855,1879]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. aculifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FE659205FDF9F8CA" box="[441,548,1856,1879]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
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can appear similar to
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FCC6927AFC0FF8CA" box="[794,978,1855,1879]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Childia crassum</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
in sagittal sections and drawings because both have paired ovaries and testes, cone-shaped stylet-like copulatory structure, similar position of seminal bursa and large body size. However, there are no inclusions in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FC2392CDFB5DF802" box="[1023,1152,1928,1951]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. crassum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the pigmentation is orange if present, not yellow. In
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FDD892EEFDACF85E" box="[516,625,1963,1987]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
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the bursal wall is of uniform thickness, whereas the anterior bursal wall is thicker in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FEF79295FE76F87A" box="[299,427,2000,2023]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. crassum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The stylet-like copulatory structure in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA6AE50FCA49295FC3AF87A" box="[888,999,2000,2023]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. curinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is somewhat similar to the stylet like structure in
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA1AE57FEC295DDFDC0FF2D" box="[286,541,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Childia submaculatum</emphasis>
(
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)
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, but smaller in relation to body size and is surrounded by the seminal vesicle. Live specimens of
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<emphasis id="B97B2869FFA1AE57FDFB95F8FD31FF49" box="[551,748,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">C. submaculatum</emphasis>
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are unpigmented, lack inclusions, and have a distinctive pattern formed by sub-epidermal glands that appear white in reflected and dark in transmitted light.
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