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: MBM287880,
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Body oval-elongated; dorsal surface cream-colored with numerous yellowish-brown maculae; a pair of cerebral eyes clusters forming an approximately inverted
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shape; band of marginal eyes extending backwards to behind brain, few eyes scattered between the marginal band and the cerebral eyes; a pair of prostatic vesicles distinctly separated; male atrium shallow, inner wall slightly ruffled; sucker located at two-thirds of body length, removed from the female gonopore by twice the distance between the male and female gonopores.
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Body oval-elongated with rounded ends, 10.8-12.1 mm long and 5.6-7.0 mm wide at its widest in living state (n = 3) (Fig.
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). Tentacles absent. Dorsal surface smooth, cream-colored, uniformly covered with numerous yellowish-brown maculae, pharynx slightly bulging (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B89786CCFB0827B724F61664EF52C109" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov. A. Photograph of entire body, 20230421 A 1 (left, living specimen in dorsal view), MBM 287881 (middle, preserved specimen in dorsal view, paratype), MBM 287880 (right, preserved specimen in ventral view, holotype); B. Schematic diagram of head, showing arrangement of the eyes; C. Magnification of head, dorsal view (holotype); D. Magnification of genital pore and sucker (paratype). Abbreviations: fg - female gonopore; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; su - sucker. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024623" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">2A</figureCitation>
). Ventral surface translucent, without color pattern. Cerebral region without pigmentation and provided with a pair of clusters of cerebral eyes, located at approximately 1 mm behind the anterior margin, each cluster comprising 15-20 eyes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="688D2E5DC7BCFFA2EA30D45234AE6ACB" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov. A. Photograph of entire body, 20230421 A 1 (left, living specimen in dorsal view), MBM 287881 (middle, preserved specimen in dorsal view, paratype), MBM 287880 (right, preserved specimen in ventral view, holotype); B. Schematic diagram of head, showing arrangement of the eyes; C. Magnification of head, dorsal view (holotype); D. Magnification of genital pore and sucker (paratype). Abbreviations: fg - female gonopore; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; su - sucker. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024623" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">2B, C</figureCitation>
). About 140 marginal eyes irregularly scattered along the anterior body margin, extending backwards to a level just behind the brain; few eyes scattered between the marginal band and the cerebral eyes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="11142478767553DE0A9B8A9854301C18" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov. A. Photograph of entire body, 20230421 A 1 (left, living specimen in dorsal view), MBM 287881 (middle, preserved specimen in dorsal view, paratype), MBM 287880 (right, preserved specimen in ventral view, holotype); B. Schematic diagram of head, showing arrangement of the eyes; C. Magnification of head, dorsal view (holotype); D. Magnification of genital pore and sucker (paratype). Abbreviations: fg - female gonopore; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; su - sucker. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024623" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">2B, C</figureCitation>
). Ventral eyes not observed. Frontal branch of the main intestine extending anteriorly to the brain (Fig.
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). Tubular pharynx in a pharyngeal pocket, positioned in the anterior half of the body. Mouth opening ventrally, located shortly behind the brain (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A00ED36B1EFB55845649702E39B71156" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3B</figureCitation>
). Male and female gonopores closely set at the body center, distance between male and female gonopores being 0.6-0.8 mm; sucker situated 1.4-1.8 mm posterior to the female gonopore, twice distance between the male and female gonopores (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A2747E005408C3FCD71DEB05BCBB37F4" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3A, E</figureCitation>
). Male copulatory apparatus comprising a large seminal vesicle, a pair of prostatic vesicles, and an armed penis papilla, located immediately posterior to the pharyngeal pocket (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7CD6C5F4310294364CC2E9E4CEE4968E" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3A, C, E</figureCitation>
). A pair of spherical prostatic vesicles (0.05-0.07 mm in diameter) with a thin muscular wall (0.009-0.012 mm thick), located at both sides of the ejaculatory duct (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FB0D26662275FF3B7A760348CC01DC3D" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3A, D</figureCitation>
). Seminal vesicle oval, about 0.2 mm in diameter, with a muscular wall about 0.04 mm thick (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4FC16810CF5E5F5CCA300EEA7541205F" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3A, E</figureCitation>
). Spermiducal vesicle separately open into the anterior portion of the seminal vesicle (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E2686367EF33BFA91E36B38711AF648F" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3A, D</figureCitation>
). Penis papilla armed with pointed tubular stylet (0.14-0.17 mm in length), enclosed in penis pouch, protruding into male atrium (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0BC4F6F1668C58A9BBC0C1FC4804460B" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3C</figureCitation>
). Shallow male atrium with slightly ruffled inner wall, positioned approximately perpendicular to the body wall (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8688B14B5AF454846E90FCE199927151" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3A, E</figureCitation>
). Female reproductive system consisting of vagina, cement pouches, and uteri. Vagina short about 0.1 mm long, lined with a ciliated epithelium; the dorsal portion of the vagina enlarged and anteriorly curved, connecting to the uteri (Fig.
<figureCitation id="903D47D8AEC28FF55F8ED924EA2E39FB" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3A, E</figureCitation>
). Cement glands numerous, concentrated around the vagina (Fig.
<figureCitation id="74987422DE0190C17ADE19654D4B3028" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Prosthiostomum huidongense sp. nov., MBM 287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (A) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (B-E), anterior to the left. A. Copulatory complex and sucker; B. Anterior end of the body; C. Penis stylet; D. Male copulatory apparatus; E. Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations: ab - anterior branch of main intestine; br - brain; cg - cement glands; cp - cement pouch; fg - female gonopore; it - intestine; m - mouths; ma - male atrium; mg - male gonopore; ph - pharynx; pv - prostatic vesicle; spv - spermiducal vesicle; st - stylet; su - sucker; sv - seminal vesicle; va - vagina; ut - uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 200 μm (B); 50 μm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">3A, E</figureCitation>
). Pair of oviducts converging before joining proximal end of vagina. Ovaries not discerned.
</paragraph>
<caption id="42C3F406F7497672A9041101F9D40EEA" doi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024623" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="83D53B4485BD9595AC04E2FE64BCABF9" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">
<emphasis id="F99399751950081E7F9316991DC8EA1A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B10555421BBF62A679D83AF131C15561" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="2024" family="Prosthiostomidae" genus="Prosthiostomum" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prosthiostomum huidongense" order="Polycladida" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="huidongense">
<emphasis id="A4AF192080B8D82D99C5B7910A924FC0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Prosthiostomum huidongense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="B353E30C1975568CA48CD861FF3BAF57" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">A.</emphasis>
Photograph of entire body, 20230421A1 (left, living specimen in dorsal view), MBM287881 (middle, preserved specimen in dorsal view, paratype), MBM287880 (right, preserved specimen in ventral view, holotype);
<emphasis id="C9150B5A52D00B0627471B0AB8FB83B7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">B.</emphasis>
Schematic diagram of head, showing arrangement of the eyes;
<emphasis id="7C3796955834EEA52DA8E76346ADE24C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">C.</emphasis>
Magnification of head, dorsal view (holotype);
<emphasis id="D92E366E15E887E8191DA571E79278E4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">D.</emphasis>
Magnification of genital pore and sucker (paratype). Abbreviations:
<emphasis id="B4AC13A8237EC6204664FA82361DC075" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">fg</emphasis>
- female gonopore;
<emphasis id="D84EC2AC21D27A7F92FEA1D8583D02A0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">mg</emphasis>
- male gonopore;
<emphasis id="519F8F817B6875274BA4EF83CDD4A808" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">ph</emphasis>
- pharynx;
<emphasis id="83750DF53BDCEFAAE1F59DC8CD53658E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">su</emphasis>
- sucker. Scale bars: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B7426EABACDD87ADC830CA8C58F4AAC1" doi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024624" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="D7E2DC23BB90F1B4A9B35AF86AA9D5B6" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">
<emphasis id="B7278F2AB052F69B72D551D5F3AEED45" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="97A0D07A9938888CEEB3041705570B52" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="2024" family="Prosthiostomidae" genus="Prosthiostomum" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prosthiostomum huidongense" order="Polycladida" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="huidongense">
<emphasis id="CA1FEEDCF5EC939793DE15B56048AA4D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Prosthiostomum huidongense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., MBM287880 (holotype), schematic diagram (
<emphasis id="6BAABC391F454FFC5448A7CB58E2B9ED" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">A</emphasis>
) and photomicrographs of sagittal sections (
<emphasis id="53970FC8191D2F499B16E17939193CA8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">B-E</emphasis>
), anterior to the left.
<emphasis id="C5A62A9303EA339228A81BBE93A6E5E8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">A.</emphasis>
Copulatory complex and sucker;
<emphasis id="2D76AEA532F2B326E14916D874EBEA37" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">B.</emphasis>
Anterior end of the body;
<emphasis id="18A2FA52F016743F123B8B2C9ACD380E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">C.</emphasis>
Penis stylet;
<emphasis id="D300A1ABD85A4DD982AA58FCC1CD86C8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">D.</emphasis>
Male copulatory apparatus;
<emphasis id="C57FFB4D0D50C6FF75D918ACDDC47A42" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">E.</emphasis>
Copulatory complex and sucker. Abbreviations:
<emphasis id="A58EE84473EEF6CE868CD2C42DE8D5EF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">ab</emphasis>
- anterior branch of main intestine;
<emphasis id="B8E597B7F9A342879DBB943DA01E8972" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">br</emphasis>
- brain;
<emphasis id="301D889460C81A59A8F6E8BCC3B1D7FF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">cg</emphasis>
- cement glands;
<emphasis id="E06B748B65A980DF1F1B01CF9FFEFB11" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">cp</emphasis>
- cement pouch;
<emphasis id="736C20EF25D1FC62D44B774D1FB06842" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">fg</emphasis>
- female gonopore;
<emphasis id="79E34B57935A8C6518291A6565835145" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">it</emphasis>
- intestine;
<emphasis id="ACBA0928665761089BDF4A0A4BD00C5C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">m</emphasis>
- mouths;
<emphasis id="0DCBFA4A6EAB5D4A277394C58436D2C3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">ma</emphasis>
- male atrium;
<emphasis id="8825A0B460E4E036B865390E4931A9E6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">mg</emphasis>
- male gonopore;
<emphasis id="25E007A338E0EC803DA542C4577D5B68" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">ph</emphasis>
- pharynx;
<emphasis id="EFB3A698155C892BC74A996AF17B173E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">pv</emphasis>
- prostatic vesicle;
<emphasis id="10D71570FFB02121AAB550210314BA7D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">spv</emphasis>
- spermiducal vesicle;
<emphasis id="E7FAB83B6B5DBAF9CDEDEDAF18B9BC86" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">st</emphasis>
- stylet;
<emphasis id="443902A059261D40076F2FF2C08873B9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">su</emphasis>
- sucker;
<emphasis id="2B7153F9F1E356F841BF038818B5B9DE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">sv</emphasis>
- seminal vesicle;
<emphasis id="2D60B66A1D46AF3ADC6805AAC2B7F7EA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">va</emphasis>
- vagina;
<emphasis id="755EFC9E1133B2249647EB632EDE47CB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">ut</emphasis>
- uterus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="82A2D306167BEC73274D96B03853AA5F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">A, E</emphasis>
); 200
<normalizedToken id="0C76DF547C1B30D1B90065EECDD8F32F" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis id="AD6F5AA1C805EA819208773755A846D6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">B</emphasis>
); 50
<normalizedToken id="ECA9FBED9ACBC6DA8EEE30A49EBD6888" originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
(
<emphasis id="6590CCBFE1C13A8A1FA6118E366B4800" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">C, D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="64F578444CF3855FEB4C2D5A82793363" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="E76B2255779D4BFDDBE837AC93F38516" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="56BD757E2D337BA0EDD5DC687115F2AF" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">The name of the new species is originated from the name of Huidong City, Guangdong Province, China.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C0ADB3B216CFD54BB800B6A5FF58F6CF" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="DA9850BBC18B18EC2A6C3D4365922E12" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4CC173F689CDFF7D9E30BE33D7109D73" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">So far only known from Huidong, Guangdong, China.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7D7EA173129052DB715D50258DCA3168" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="1ADAF3D60006DD2D935F1FA48E34A448" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2F58619185237D1298CE61C4EB5681B6" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Intertidal, under rocks.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A4EF814FF3DE66FA27BF83F0A61B2C32" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" type="molecular phylogeny and genetic distances">
<paragraph id="B76F22B0E83B7F54D001E58BEF0EA101" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Molecular phylogeny and genetic distances.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FDDBD9ABD67AC479ACE6855985F83605" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">
The BI and ML trees based on the partial 28S sequences (904 bp) are almost identical in their general topology, and we show only the ML tree (Fig.
<figureCitation id="607C4C2DBCEAF288807691EE2F07B454" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of species of the family Prosthiostomidae based on 28 S rDNA. For clades that received either ≥ 70 % ML bootstrap or ≥ 0.80 BI posterior probability, the support values are presented at the nodes." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024625" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">4</figureCitation>
). In the phylogenetic tree, all
<taxonomicName id="0D633F0CD1A9C9B1FDF06BC4E0190103" authorityName="Quatrefages" authorityYear="1845" family="Prosthiostomidae" genus="Prosthiostomum" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prosthiostomum" order="Polycladida" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="87A2AADE7A48E68E523BB9A4B97F0182" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Prosthiostomum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species form a clade with high support values (BP = 81%, PP = 1).
<taxonomicName id="8829FE57F43C6B0B4FB474E1D1D26A4A" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="2024" family="Prosthiostomidae" genus="Prosthiostomum" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prosthiostomum huidongense" order="Polycladida" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="huidongense">
<emphasis id="27877CAE89EB6BDD8664ADC1FBEC761E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Prosthiostomum huidongense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is sister to the clade formed by all other species of the genus, excluding
<taxonomicName id="D4B751B831B48BAABC0C22C2AD088275" class="Turbellaria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. lobatum" order="Polycladida" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="lobatum">
<emphasis id="3B37A3BFC6DE0BE1B9B47B9E56495C84" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">P. lobatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with high support values (BP = 78%, PP = 1). The uncorrected p-distances of the partial COI sequences (658 bp) of the 11
<taxonomicName id="9EA9F3685285C8B30756DFA77CA5743F" authorityName="Quatrefages" authorityYear="1845" family="Prosthiostomidae" genus="Prosthiostomum" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prosthiostomum" order="Polycladida" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3989257516FA2115DBC8EAC4654AEA37" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Prosthiostomum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species/molecular entities is 5.7-24.3% (Suppl. material 1: table S2).
</paragraph>
<caption id="BABBFD25C5C61E0B615F1ACB3DFA6437" doi="10.3897/zse.100.114482.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1024625" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="C0C082CD96336037C3B3D995032D8675" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">
<emphasis id="CBC26F4F0E736728B93733EE5CEF247A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="437">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of species of the family
<taxonomicName id="A2E7962A8C1A4F218D58C492ACD4DC42" authorityName="Lang" authorityYear="1884" family="Prosthiostomidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Polycladida" pageId="0" pageNumber="437" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="family">Prosthiostomidae</taxonomicName>
based on 28S rDNA. For clades that received either ≥70% ML bootstrap or ≥0.80 BI posterior probability, the support values are presented at the nodes.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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