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(
<figureCitation id="130516FFFFF9FFC7BDB69115CC65FDB2" box="[159,267,545,570]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 4" captionStart-1="FIGURE 5" captionStart-2="FIGURE 6" captionStartId-0="9.[151,249,1834,1856]" captionStartId-1="10.[151,249,1686,1708]" captionStartId-2="12.[151,249,1434,1456]" captionTargetBox-0="[249,1350,342,1810]" captionTargetBox-1="[254,1337,197,1646]" captionTargetBox-2="[254,1331,199,1400]" captionTargetId-0="figure@9.[234,1353,338,1812]" captionTargetId-1="figure@10.[246,1340,193,1664]" captionTargetId-2="figure@12.[248,1338,193,1412]" captionTargetPageId-0="9" captionTargetPageId-1="10" captionTargetPageId-2="12" captionText-0="FIGURE 4. Imbira negrita sp. nov. (A) Photograph of a live specimen (holotype), in dorsal view. In the inset, the same specimen showing part of the ventral surface. (B) Half of a transverse section at the cephalic region (on the left) (paratype 1) and near the ovaries (on the right) (holotype). Arrowheads indicate longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres. C Transverse section of the pre-pharyngeal region. (D, E) Transverse sections of the pre-pharyngeal region with details: dorsal to intestine (D), ventral to intestine (E). Scale bars:A: 10mm, B, D, E: 250µm, C: 500µm." captionText-1="FIGURE 5. Imbira negrita sp. nov. (holotype). (A) Sagittal section of the pharynx. (BD) Schematic reconstructions of the copulatory apparatus in sagittal view: holotype (B), paratype 1 (C), paratype 2 (D). Scale bars: A: 1mm, BD: 500µm." captionText-2="FIGURE 6. Imbira negrita sp. nov. Sagittal sections of the reproductive system. (A) Detail of the proximal portion of the prostatic vesicle (arrows indicate prostatic secretion) (holotype). (B) Detail of the male reproductive system (holotype). (C) Copulatory apparatus of the holotype. (D) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 1. (E) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 2. (F) Latero-external portion of the ovary (holotype). (G) Middle portion of the ovary (arrow indicates nematode larva) (holotype). (H) Detail of the female atrium (holotype). In F and G, arrowheads indicate longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres in discrete bundles.Scale bars: A:250µm, BE: 500µm,F, G: 200µm, H:100µm." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/1076328/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/1076330/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/1076334/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Figs. 46</figureCitation>
,
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,
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BDBE915DCC2AFD0A" bold="true" box="[151,324,617,642]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Type material.</emphasis>
Holotype. MLPHe 7415, Moconá Provincial Park,
<date id="FF802CBAFFF9FFC7BEB8915DC930FD0A" box="[913,1118,617,642]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" value="2015-11-06">6 November 2015</date>
; cephalic region: transversal sections on 21 slides; anterior region at the level of the ovaries: sagittal sections on 46 slides; pre-pharyngeal region: transverse sections on 6 slides; pharyngeal region: sagittal sections on 30 slides; post-pharyngeal region: sagittal sections on 17 slides; copulatory apparatus: sagittal sections on 25 slides.
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7B96F91E2C9AAFD65" box="[1094,1220,725,749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Paratype 1</emphasis>
, MLPHe 7416-1, Moconá Provincial Park,
<date id="FF802CBAFFF9FFC7BC9291CDCFE2FC9A" box="[443,652,761,786]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" value="2015-11-06">6 November 2015</date>
; cephalic region: transversal sections on 17 slides; anterior region at the level of the ovaries: sagittal sections on 24 slides; pre-pharyngeal region: transverse sections on 6 slides; pharyngeal region: sagittal sections on 13 slides; copulatory apparatus: sagittal sections on 12 slides.
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7B8319076C8FBFCD1" box="[1304,1429,833,857]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Paratype 2</emphasis>
, MLPHe 7416-2, Moconá Provincial Park,
<date id="FF802CBAFFF9FFC7BFA39051CE35FCF6" box="[650,859,869,894]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" value="2015-11-06">6 November 2015</date>
; cephalic region: transversal sections on 15 slides; anterior region at the level of the ovaries: sagittal sections on 21 slides; pre-pharyngeal region: transverse sections on 6 slides; pharynx and copulatory apparatus: sagittal sections on 16 slides.
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BED7909AC914FC4D" box="[1022,1146,941,965]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Paratype 3</emphasis>
, MLPHe 7417, Moconá Provincial Park,
<date id="FF802CBAFFF9FFC7BC7B90E6CF6DFC62" box="[338,515,977,1002]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" value="2016-10-08">8 October 2016</date>
; preserved in 70% ethanol.
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BDEE90C1CC2FFB86" bold="true" box="[199,321,1013,1038]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Elongated body with parallel margins;
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in length in maximum extension; dorsal surface jet black and ventral surface ivory; eyes marginal along the body; short female canal opening in the postero-dorsal portion of the female atrium; epithelial lining of female atrium with stratified appearance.
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locality.
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Moconá Provincial Park (
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,
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),
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,
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(
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BDEE97B1CC20FB16" bold="true" box="[199,334,1157,1182]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name alludes to the black pigmentation of the dorsum (black=negra/o in Spanish), since in
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and other south American Spanish-speaking countries,
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is a colloquial way to call someone or something black or very obscure.
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BDEE97C5CC37FA82" bold="true" box="[199,345,1265,1290]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BC4897C5CF39FA81" box="[353,599,1265,1289]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">External morphology.</emphasis>
Body elongate, with parallel margins, and flattened in cross section (
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). Anterior tip blunt, and posterior body region gradually sharpening, with pointed end (
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). Dorsal surface jet black and ventral surface ivory, only whitish around the mouth and gonopore (
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). After fixation, dorsal ground colour black grey and ventral surface oyster white. Eyes, with small clear halos, exclusively marginal, being uniserial throughout the body, except in the middle third, where they are irregularly bi-serial. When crawling, the maximum length of the largest specimen was
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, whereas that after fixation was
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. The maximum length of the smallest specimen was
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after fixation (
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). Maximum width ranged between
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and
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. The mouth and the gonopore are located at 7181% (mean: 76%) and 8893% (mean: 90%) from the anterior tip, respectively (
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).
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Sensory pits (3050µm deep), as simple invaginations of ventral epidermis, contour the anterior tip and extend along the body margins in a single irregular row until ~
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from the anterior end (
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). Sensory pits at intervals of 3040µm near anterior tip, posteriorly becoming more gradually spaced. At the prepharyngeal region, the ventral epidermis (2540µm high), which is ciliated on the creeping sole (~100% of body width at the pre-pharyngeal region), receives fine granular cyanophil secretion (more abundant in the ventro-lateral margins of the body), fine and coarse granular erythrophil secretions, and coarse granular xanthophil secretion. Cell bodies of these secretions located in the subjacent parenchyma, below cutaneous musculature (
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). Additionally, small rhabdites are highly abundant. The same
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of secretory cells discharge through the dorsal epidermis (2025µm high), with rhammites covering the whole dorsal epidermis (
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). There is no glandular margin. The dorsal and ventral epidermis of the cephalic region receives the same
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of secretory cells as the pre-pharyngeal region, except xanthophil secretion. The creeping sole of the cephalic region occupies ~85% of the body width.
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF6FFC8BDBE93ACCC60FF27" bold="true" box="[151,270,152,175]" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Measurements (mm) from fixed specimens of
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CS: width of creeping sole; DG: distance from gonopore to anterior end; DM: distance from mouth to anterior end. The numbers given in parentheses represent the position relative to body length (%). Thickness (µm) of cutaneous (CM) and parenchymal (PM) musculatures at the pre-pharyngeal region. CMI (cutaneous muscular index): ratio of height of cutaneous musculature to body height. PMI (parenchymal muscular index): ratio of height of parenchymal musculature to body height. Both indices measured at pre-pharyngeal region. (-) not measured.
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<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FB98B9124C860FDAE" box="[1186,1294,528,550]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">62 (77%)</td>
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<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBFBD910DCE68FDC7" box="[660,774,569,591]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">52.1 (93%)</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBEB2910DC963FDC7" box="[923,1037,569,591]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">31.9 (88%)</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FB98B910DC860FDC7" box="[1186,1294,569,591]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">72 (90%)</td>
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<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBCA49156CC83FDF0" box="[397,493,610,632]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">100%</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBFBD9156CE68FDF0" box="[660,774,610,632]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">100%</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBEB29156C963FDF0" box="[923,1037,610,632]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">90%</td>
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<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBEB291B8C963FD2A" box="[923,1037,652,674]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">62.5</td>
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<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBFBD9181CE68FD43" box="[660,774,693,715]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">75</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBEB29181C963FD43" box="[923,1037,693,715]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">57.5</td>
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<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBCA491EACC83FD7C" box="[397,493,734,756]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">9%</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBFBD91EACE68FD7C" box="[660,774,734,756]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">11%</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBEB291EAC963FD7C" box="[923,1037,734,756]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">12%</td>
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<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBCA4903CCC83FC96" box="[397,493,776,798]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">90</td>
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<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBCA49005CC83FCCF" box="[397,493,817,839]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">6%</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBFBD9005CE68FCCF" box="[660,774,817,839]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">7%</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FBEB29005C963FCCF" box="[923,1037,817,839]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">5%</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF6003FB98B9005C860FCCF" box="[1186,1294,817,839]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">-</td>
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Cutaneous musculature composed of a subepidermal circular layer (2.55µm thick), an intermediate diagonal layer (515µm thick), and an inner longitudinal layer (5060µm thick) (
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). The thickness of the cutaneous musculature occupies 912% of the body height (
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). Parenchymal musculature constituted by a dorsal, not well organized, layer with oblique and some longitudinal fibres, followed by a transverse supra-intestinal and a sub-intestinal muscle layer (
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). Longitudinal fibres (2030µm thick) accommodate immediately above the sub-intestinal layer (
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). Also, dorso-ventral fibres are arranged among intestinal branches (
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). The parenchymal musculature occupies 57% of the body height (
<tableCitation id="C6BC3FC1FFF6FFC8BE639750CEF3FBF4" box="[842,925,1124,1149]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="8.[151,239,152,175]" captionText="TABLE 1. Measurements (mm) from fixed specimens of Imbira negrita sp. nov. CS: width of creeping sole; DG: distance from gonopore to anterior end; DM: distance from mouth to anterior end. The numbers given in parentheses represent the position relative to body length (%). Thickness (µm) of cutaneous (CM) and parenchymal (PM) musculatures at the pre-pharyngeal region. CMI (cutaneous muscular index): ratio of height of cutaneous musculature to body height. PMI (parenchymal muscular index): ratio of height of parenchymal musculature to body height. Both indices measured at pre-pharyngeal region. (-) not measured." pageId="8" pageNumber="107">Table 1</tableCitation>
). In the cephalic region, and even at the level of the ovaries, parenchymal muscles exhibit the same arrangement as the pre-pharyngeal region, but longitudinal fibres are more abundant. They form discrete bundles (3045µm thick) above the sub-intestinal muscle layer and below it mainly towards the body margins (
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,
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). Numerous parenchymal muscle fibres variously oriented traverse the nervous plate along the cephalic region (
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).
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The pharynx is collar-type,
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in length (67% of body length), occupying most of the pharyngeal pouch (
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in length) (
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). Dorsal insertion is
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posteriorly displaced (
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). The pharynx is lined by ciliated cuboidal epithelium, followed by a longitudinal muscle layer (2.55µm thick) and a subjacent circular muscle layer (510µm thick). Pharyngeal lumen lined with ciliated columnar epithelium, followed by a circular subepithelial muscle layer (5075µm thick) and a subjacent longitudinal muscle layer (5 10µm thick). Two
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of secretory cells, whose cell bodies are located in the surrounding parenchyma anterior and lateral to the pharynx, discharge through the pharyngeal epithelium: highly abundant cells with fine granular erythrophil secretion and abundant fine granular cyanophil secretion (
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). Oesophagus (
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in length) lined with ciliated columnar epithelium, followed by a subepithelial circular muscle layer (100130µm thick) and a thin subjacent longitudinal muscle layer (515µm thick). The oesophagus:pharynx ratio is 1521%.
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The dorsal mature testes are ovoid in shape, arranged in one or two irregular rows on each side of the body. They are located below the supra-intestinal parenchymal muscle layer (
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), extending from behind the ovaries to near the pharynx (1733% and 6776% of body length from the anterior tip, respectively) (
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). They occupy 1820% of the body height at the pre-pharyngeal region. Sperm ducts, dorsally and laterally displaced from the ovovitelline ducts, located among fibres of the sub-intestinal parenchymal muscle layer (
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). Laterally and behind the pharynx, sperm ducts are slightly dilated and full of spermatozoa. Their distal courses turn to the sagittal plane to open ventro-laterally into the forked portion of the extrabulbar prostatic vesicle (
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,
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). These long tubular paired portions (
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long) run laterally sinuous and continue as an unpaired intrabulbar portion whose course is also tortuous (
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long) (
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,
<figureCitation id="130516FFFFF6FFC8B9EE94ABC865F830" box="[1223,1291,1951,1976]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[151,249,1434,1456]" captionTargetBox="[254,1331,199,1400]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[248,1338,193,1412]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Imbira negrita sp. nov. Sagittal sections of the reproductive system. (A) Detail of the proximal portion of the prostatic vesicle (arrows indicate prostatic secretion) (holotype). (B) Detail of the male reproductive system (holotype). (C) Copulatory apparatus of the holotype. (D) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 1. (E) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 2. (F) Latero-external portion of the ovary (holotype). (G) Middle portion of the ovary (arrow indicates nematode larva) (holotype). (H) Detail of the female atrium (holotype). In F and G, arrowheads indicate longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres in discrete bundles.Scale bars: A:250µm, BE: 500µm,F, G: 200µm, H:100µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1076334/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">6BE</figureCitation>
). Very close before opening into the male atrium, the prostatic vesicle connects with the ejaculatory duct, which is a short canal with a narrow lumen (150300µm long) (
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,
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). Male atrium (
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long), with highly folded walls, leaving a reduced lumen inside the cavity (
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,
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). The folded walls of its proximal part, where the ejaculatory duct opens, conform a kind of papilla: the eversible penis (
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,
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). Only the male atrium of the
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exhibits dorsal folds posteriorly to the eversible penis (
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,
<figureCitation id="130516FFFFF7FFC9B9459230C9DFFE94" box="[1132,1201,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[151,249,1434,1456]" captionTargetBox="[254,1331,199,1400]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[248,1338,193,1412]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Imbira negrita sp. nov. Sagittal sections of the reproductive system. (A) Detail of the proximal portion of the prostatic vesicle (arrows indicate prostatic secretion) (holotype). (B) Detail of the male reproductive system (holotype). (C) Copulatory apparatus of the holotype. (D) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 1. (E) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 2. (F) Latero-external portion of the ovary (holotype). (G) Middle portion of the ovary (arrow indicates nematode larva) (holotype). (H) Detail of the female atrium (holotype). In F and G, arrowheads indicate longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres in discrete bundles.Scale bars: A:250µm, BE: 500µm,F, G: 200µm, H:100µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1076334/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="108">6B, C</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF7FFC9BDBE941ECC78F8B7" bold="true" box="[151,278,1834,1856]" pageId="9" pageNumber="108">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF7FFC9BC36941ECCD9F8C8" box="[287,439,1834,1856]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="108">Imbira negrita</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF7FFC9BCE8941ECF7BF8B7" box="[449,533,1834,1855]" pageId="9" pageNumber="108" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(A)
</emphasis>
Photograph of a live specimen (holotype), in dorsal view. In the inset, the same specimen showing part of the ventral surface.
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF7FFC9BF58947CCFFDF8D7" bold="true" box="[625,659,1864,1887]" pageId="9" pageNumber="108">(B)</emphasis>
Half of a transverse section at the cephalic region (on the left) (paratype 1) and near the ovaries (on the right) (holotype). Arrowheads indicate longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres.
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF7FFC9B83B9453C84AF8F5" bold="true" box="[1298,1316,1895,1917]" pageId="9" pageNumber="108">C</emphasis>
Transverse section of the pre-pharyngeal region.
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Transverse sections of the pre-pharyngeal region with details: dorsal to intestine (D), ventral to intestine (E). Scale bars: A: 10mm, B, D, E: 250µm, C: 500µm.
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF4FFCABDBE95A2CC7DF923" bold="true" box="[151,275,1686,1708]" pageId="10" pageNumber="109">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF4FFCABC3595A2CCDCF924" box="[284,434,1686,1708]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="109">Imbira negrita</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF4FFCABC9395A2CF62F923" bold="true" box="[442,524,1686,1707]" pageId="10" pageNumber="109">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(holotype).
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF4FFCABFA495A1CFDEF924" bold="true" box="[653,688,1685,1708]" pageId="10" pageNumber="109">(A)</emphasis>
Sagittal section of the pharynx.
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF4FFCAB92A95A1C92DF924" bold="true" box="[1027,1091,1685,1708]" pageId="10" pageNumber="109">(BD)</emphasis>
Schematic reconstructions of the copulatory apparatus in sagittal view: holotype (B), paratype 1 (C), paratype 2 (D). Scale bars: A: 1mm, BD: 500µm.
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Sperm ducts lined with ciliated cuboidal epithelium, without underlying musculature at pre-pharyngeal level. Epithelial lining of the prostatic vesicle, both paired and unpaired portions, columnar and ciliated, filled with abundant erythrophil fine granular secretion. Cell bodies of prostatic glands located in the surrounding parenchyma between the pharyngeal pouch and the prostatic vesicle (
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). Musculature of the prostatic vesicle mainly composed of longitudinal fibres with some interspersed oblique fibres (1015µm thick). Ejaculatory duct lined with cuboidal to columnar ciliated epithelium, which is pierced by scarce erythrophil fine granules, surrounded by a thin longitudinal muscle layer (2.5µm thick). Epithelial lining of the male atrium columnar and densely ciliated, strongly erythrophil, receiving abundant fine granular secretion (
<figureCitation id="130516FFFFF5FFCBBEB293A3C974FF38" box="[923,1050,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[151,249,1434,1456]" captionTargetBox="[254,1331,199,1400]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[248,1338,193,1412]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Imbira negrita sp. nov. Sagittal sections of the reproductive system. (A) Detail of the proximal portion of the prostatic vesicle (arrows indicate prostatic secretion) (holotype). (B) Detail of the male reproductive system (holotype). (C) Copulatory apparatus of the holotype. (D) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 1. (E) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 2. (F) Latero-external portion of the ovary (holotype). (G) Middle portion of the ovary (arrow indicates nematode larva) (holotype). (H) Detail of the female atrium (holotype). In F and G, arrowheads indicate longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres in discrete bundles.Scale bars: A:250µm, BE: 500µm,F, G: 200µm, H:100µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1076334/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">Fig. 6BE</figureCitation>
). Its muscularis, composed of a subepithelial circular layer and a subjacent longitudinal layer, is thicker dorsally (2030µm thick and 1025µm thick, respectively) than ventrally (510µm thick and 510µm thick, respectively). Common muscle coat formed by loose longitudinal fibres (1015µm thick). Male atrium connected with the female atrium by a narrow lumen (
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,
<figureCitation id="130516FFFFF5FFCBBC069213CC1AFEC8" box="[303,372,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[151,249,1434,1456]" captionTargetBox="[254,1331,199,1400]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[248,1338,193,1412]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Imbira negrita sp. nov. Sagittal sections of the reproductive system. (A) Detail of the proximal portion of the prostatic vesicle (arrows indicate prostatic secretion) (holotype). (B) Detail of the male reproductive system (holotype). (C) Copulatory apparatus of the holotype. (D) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 1. (E) Copulatory apparatus of paratype 2. (F) Latero-external portion of the ovary (holotype). (G) Middle portion of the ovary (arrow indicates nematode larva) (holotype). (H) Detail of the female atrium (holotype). In F and G, arrowheads indicate longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres in discrete bundles.Scale bars: A:250µm, BE: 500µm,F, G: 200µm, H:100µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1076334/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">6CE</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF5FFCBBDBE925ECC65FE09" bold="true" box="[151,267,362,385]" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Measurements (mm) of reproductive organs of
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DPVP, distance between prostatic vesicle and pharyngeal pouch; LCOD, length of common glandular ovovitelline duct; LFA, length of female atrium; LFC, length of female canal; LMA, length of male atrium; LPP, length of penis papilla; LPV, length of prostatic vesicle. The numbers given in parentheses represent the position relative to body length (%).
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<paragraph id="8B810A7AFFF5FFCBBF8592C9C9B9FC38" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB692C9C875FD9B" box="[159,1307,509,531]" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="110" rowspan-0="1">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF8592C9CE70FD9B" box="[684,798,509,531]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">Holotype</th>
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE9892C9C94CFD9B" box="[945,1058,509,531]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">Paratype 1</th>
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FB98292C9C875FD9B" box="[1195,1307,509,531]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">Paratype 2</th>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB69112C875FDB4" box="[159,1307,550,572]" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB69112CCC7FDB4" box="[159,425,550,572]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">Anteriormost testes</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF859112CE70FDB4" box="[684,798,550,572]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">15.2 (17%)</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE989112C94CFDB4" box="[945,1058,550,572]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">9.9 (18%)</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB9829112C875FDB4" box="[1195,1307,550,572]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">12 (33%)</td>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB69164C875FDEE" box="[159,1307,592,614]" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB69164CCC7FDEE" box="[159,425,592,614]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">Posteriormost testes</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF859164CE70FDEE" box="[684,798,592,614]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">60.4 (67%)</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE989164C94CFDEE" box="[945,1058,592,614]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">42.5 (76%)</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB9829164C875FDEE" box="[1195,1307,592,614]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">26.3 (72%)</td>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB6914DC875FD07" box="[159,1307,633,655]" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB6914DCCC7FD07" box="[159,425,633,655]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">LPV (extrabulbar portion)</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF85914DCE70FD07" box="[684,798,633,655]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">2.2</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE98914DC94CFD07" box="[945,1058,633,655]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">1</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB982914DC875FD07" box="[1195,1307,633,655]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">1</td>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB69196C875FD30" box="[159,1307,674,696]" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB69196CCC7FD30" box="[159,425,674,696]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">LPV (intrabulbar portion)</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF859196CE70FD30" box="[684,798,674,696]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.7</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE989196C94CFD30" box="[945,1058,674,696]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.7</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB9829196C875FD30" box="[1195,1307,674,696]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.4</td>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB691F8C875FD6A" box="[159,1307,716,738]" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB691F8CCC7FD6A" box="[159,425,716,738]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">DPVP</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF8591F8CE70FD6A" box="[684,798,716,738]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.5</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE9891F8C94CFD6A" box="[945,1058,716,738]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">1.7</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB98291F8C875FD6A" box="[1195,1307,716,738]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.7</td>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB691C1C875FC83" box="[159,1307,757,779]" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB691C1CCC7FC83" box="[159,425,757,779]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">LMA</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF8591C1CE70FC83" box="[684,798,757,779]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">2.5</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE9891C1C94CFC83" box="[945,1058,757,779]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.8</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB98291C1C875FC83" box="[1195,1307,757,779]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.75</td>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB6902AC875FCBC" box="[159,1307,798,820]" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB6902ACCC7FCBC" box="[159,425,798,820]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">Location of ovaries</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF85902ACE70FCBC" box="[684,798,798,820]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">12.7 (14%)</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE98902AC94CFCBC" box="[945,1058,798,820]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">9.4 (17%)</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB982902AC875FCBC" box="[1195,1307,798,820]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">10.8 (30%)</td>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB6907CC875FCD6" box="[159,1307,840,862]" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB6907CCCC7FCD6" box="[159,425,840,862]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">LCOD</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF85907CCE70FCD6" box="[684,798,840,862]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.8</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE98907CC94CFCD6" box="[945,1058,840,862]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.25</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB982907CC875FCD6" box="[1195,1307,840,862]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.55</td>
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<tr id="350E0838FFF5003FBDB69045C875FC0F" box="[159,1307,881,903]" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">
<th id="76DF6144FFF5003FBDB69045CCC7FC0F" box="[159,425,881,903]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">LFC</th>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBF859045CE70FC0F" box="[684,798,881,903]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.05</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FBE989045C94CFC0F" box="[945,1058,881,903]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.05</td>
<td id="76DF6144FFF5003FB9829045C875FC0F" box="[1195,1307,881,903]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">0.05</td>
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Ovaries (150220µm long and 130210µm diameter) almost spherical in shape, located immediately beneath the intestine branches and among muscle fibres of the sub-intestinal parenchymal layer (
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). They are at
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from the anterior end (1430% of body length) (
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). Ovovitelline ducts emerge from the lateroventral face of ovaries (
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). In the pre-pharyngeal region, they are located between the sub-intestinal muscle fibres and nervous plate (
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). Before the gonopore, ovovitelline ducts ascend in their course to the median plane of the body. At the level of the gonopore, they join each other in a long common glandular ovovitelline duct (250800µm long). This duct runs dorsally to the female atrium with a convex course and curves distally to open into the postero-dorsal region of the female atrium through a very short female canal (~50µm in length) (
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,
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). Female atrium (
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in length) without folded walls, but with a narrow lumen because it is lined with a tall epithelium (see below) (
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,
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). Vitellaria, well developed (except
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1), located among intestinal branches (
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,
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).
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Lining epithelium of the ovovitelline ducts ciliated and cuboidal, wrapped by a thin circular muscle layer (5µm thick). Common glandular ovovitelline duct lined with cuboidal to columnar ciliated epithelium, followed by a muscle layer with circular fibres and some oblique and longitudinal fibres (1015µm thick). Similarly to the ascending portions of the ovovitelline ducts, it receives erythrophil secretion from shell glands (
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,
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). Female canal lined with ciliated and columnar epithelium, pierced by fine erythrophil granules, followed by circular muscle fibres (510µm thick). Lining epithelium of female atrium with stratified appearance, except near the gonopore, where it is columnar (
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). Abundant fine granular erythrophil secretion discharges into the atrial epithelium. Muscularis of female atrium composed of circular, oblique and longitudinal fibres (2535µm thick).
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF5FFCBBDEE95F1CC85F956" bold="true" box="[199,491,1733,1758]" pageId="11" pageNumber="110">Comparative discussion.</emphasis>
The new species here described fits well with the diagnosis of
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Carbayo
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. This genus, which includes only two species, both recorded in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, characterizes geoplaninid flatworms with elongated (around
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in length, in maximum extension), slender and flattened body, and with parallel margins; eyes marginal along the body; and presence of longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres. In addition, the reproductive system shows a tubular prostatic vesicle with paired proximal portions; male atrium folded with eversible penis; ovovitelline ducts ascending laterally to gonopore and joining each other dorsally to female atrium; short female canal dorso-anteriorly flexed; and lining epithelium of female atrium with multi-layered aspect (
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Carbayo
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBDBE96AECC7BFA27" bold="true" box="[151,277,1434,1456]" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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Sagittal sections of the reproductive system.
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Detail of the proximal portion of the prostatic vesicle (arrows indicate prostatic secretion) (holotype).
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Detail of the male reproductive system (holotype).
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Copulatory apparatus of the holotype.
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Copulatory apparatus of paratype 1.
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Copulatory apparatus of paratype 2.
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Latero-external portion of the ovary (holotype).
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Middle portion of the ovary (arrow indicates nematode larva) (holotype).
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Detail of the female atrium (holotype). In F and G, arrowheads indicate longitudinal parenchymal muscle fibres in discrete bundles. Scale bars: A: 250µm, BE: 500µm, F, G: 200µm, H: 100µm.
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Externally,
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, whose dorsal pigmentation is homogeneous black, is easily distinguished from the other species of the genus: in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBF7D95A1CE6CF924" box="[596,770,1685,1709]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">Imbira marcusi</emphasis>
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Carbayo
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBE5B95A1CEC5F925" box="[882,939,1685,1709]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">et al.</emphasis>
, 2013
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCB91995A1C86AF925" box="[1072,1284,1685,1709]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">Geoplana goetschi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
after
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF2FFCCB86195A1CD83F959" author="Marcus" pageId="12" pageNumber="111" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus (1951))</bibRefCitation>
, the dorsal ground colour is dark green olive, sometimes brownish or black, with a sub-marginal yellowish stripe contouring the body (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF2FFCCBCE295E9CF0DF97D" author="Marcus" box="[459,611,1756,1781]" pageId="12" pageNumber="111" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus 1951</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF2FFCCBF4695E8CEF7F97D" author="Alvarez-Presas" box="[623,921,1756,1781]" pageId="12" pageNumber="111" refString="Alvarez-Presas, M., Carbayo, F., Rozas, J. &amp; Riutort, M. (2011) Land planarians (Platyhelminthes) as a model organism for fine-scale phylogeographic studies: understanding patterns of biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24, 887 - 896. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1420 - 9101.2010.02220. x" type="journal article" year="2011">
Álvarez-Presas
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBE3695E9CE39F97D" box="[799,855,1757,1781]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
), whereas in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCB90295E9C9B4F97C" box="[1067,1242,1757,1781]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">Imbira guaiana</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF2FFCCB9C195E8CC2EF891" author="Leal-Zanchet" pageId="12" pageNumber="111" refString="Leal-Zanchet, A. M. &amp; Carbayo, F. (2001) Two new species of land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of South Brazil. Journal of Zoology, 253, 433 - 446. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0952836901000401" type="journal article" year="2001">Leal-Zanchet &amp; Carbayo, 2001</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, the dorsal surface is greyish-olive (
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). Regarding the body shape, the new species resembles
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBC8C9411CF72F8B4" box="[421,540,1829,1852]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">I. guaiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because both species look like a ribbon, whereas in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCB9A09411C992F8B4" box="[1161,1276,1829,1852]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">I. marcusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is the widest species of the genus, the body is almost lanceolate (
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). The pharynx of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBC669459CCD7F80C" box="[335,441,1901,1924]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">I. negrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBCEB9458CF73F80D" bold="true" box="[450,541,1900,1925]" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBE209459CE10F80C" box="[777,894,1901,1924]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">I. guaiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is collar-type (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF2FFCCB9569458CDBDF821" author="Leal-Zanchet" pageId="12" pageNumber="111" refString="Leal-Zanchet, A. M. &amp; Carbayo, F. (2001) Two new species of land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of South Brazil. Journal of Zoology, 253, 433 - 446. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0952836901000401" type="journal article" year="2001">Leal-Zanchet &amp; Carbayo 2001</bibRefCitation>
). In the new species, it is between bell-shaped and collar-type, although in the largest sectioned specimen the pharynx is collar-type. Although
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF2FFCCBF3F9481CFD0F845" author="Marcus" box="[534,702,1972,1997]" pageId="12" pageNumber="111" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus (1951)</bibRefCitation>
stated that the pharynx in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCBED09481C903F844" box="[1017,1133,1973,1996]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">I. marcusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is cylindrical, with dorsal insertion at the level of the mouth (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF2FFCCBF0B94EDCE60F879" author="Marcus" box="[546,782,2008,2033]" pageId="12" pageNumber="111" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951" yearSuffix="p">Marcus 1951, p. 191</bibRefCitation>
), according to
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Álvarez-Presas
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF2FFCCB94F94EDC9F1F878" box="[1126,1183,2008,2032]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="111">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
, who reviewed Marcus material, the pharynx is bell-shaped. The copulatory apparatus of the three species is quite similar, differing in some details. The prostatic vesicle of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBF469389CFB4FF5C" box="[623,730,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. negrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBFCD9388CE2FFF5D" bold="true" box="[740,833,188,213]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBE549389CE9DFF5C" box="[893,1011,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. guaiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibits two portions. Proximally, it consists of two long tubular extrabulbar branches which run backward parallel to each other, and distally they unite into an unpaired and tubular intrabulbar portion. This unpaired portion runs sinuously and opens into a short ejaculatory duct whose lumen is narrow. In
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF3FFCDBFA3921DCF92FEB7" box="[650,764,296,320]" class="Turbellaria" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Imbira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="13" pageNumber="112" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="marcusi">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBFA3921DCF92FEB7" box="[650,764,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. marcusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the proximal part is also bifurcated and extrabulbar, but it opens directly into the ejaculatory duct, which runs along the penis bulb and traverses the eversible penis (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF3FFCDB86E9278CDBCFE00" author="Marcus" pageId="13" pageNumber="112" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus 1951</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF3FFCDBDCA925BCF72FE00" author="Alvarez-Presas" box="[227,540,367,392]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112" refString="Alvarez-Presas, M., Carbayo, F., Rozas, J. &amp; Riutort, M. (2011) Land planarians (Platyhelminthes) as a model organism for fine-scale phylogeographic studies: understanding patterns of biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24, 887 - 896. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1420 - 9101.2010.02220. x" type="journal article" year="2011">
Álvarez-Presas
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBCB19245CCBBFE00" box="[408,469,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
). It would be interesting to corroborate whether this long part identified by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF3FFCDBDBE92A1CC52FE25" author="Marcus" box="[151,316,404,429]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus (1951)</bibRefCitation>
and
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Álvarez-Presas
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBF0B92A1CF34FE24" box="[546,602,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
as the ejaculatory duct is in fact the intrabulbar part of the prostatic vesicle. Similarly to that observed in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBF1F928DCFF0FE47" box="[566,670,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. negrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBF8C9283CF90FE58" bold="true" box="[677,766,439,464]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, the eversible penis and the male atrium of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDB9CC928DC83BFE47" box="[1253,1365,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. marcusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDB8A5928DCD9DFE7C" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. guaiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are lined by ciliated epithelium.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A7AFFF3FFCDBDEE92CBC8E5FC08" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,896]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">
Regarding the female reproductive system, the new species can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDB9FD9135C824FD9F" box="[1236,1354,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. marcusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDB8A59135CD9DFDB4" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. guaiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because, in these species, the ovovitelline ducts emerge from the dorsal region of the ovaries (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF3FFCDB86E9110CDBCFDE8" author="Marcus" pageId="13" pageNumber="112" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus 1951</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF3FFCDBDCA9173CF22FDE8" author="Leal-Zanchet" box="[227,588,583,608]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112" refString="Leal-Zanchet, A. M. &amp; Carbayo, F. (2001) Two new species of land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) of South Brazil. Journal of Zoology, 253, 433 - 446. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0952836901000401" type="journal article" year="2001">Leal-Zanchet &amp; Carbayo 2001</bibRefCitation>
), whereas in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBFC7917DCE32FDD7" box="[750,860,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. negrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, they emerge from the latero-ventral face of the ovaries. In the three species, the ovovitelline ducts join dorsally, at the level of the gonopore or slightly behind it, with some intraspecific variation, as observed both in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBE3F91A5CEECFD2F" box="[790,898,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. negrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBEA491BBCE85FD20" bold="true" box="[909,1003,655,680]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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and the Brazilian species. The same applies to the point where the female genital canal (which is extremely short in all species) opens into the female atrium. In the largest specimen of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBF3091EDCFECFD67" box="[537,642,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. negrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBFA391E3CF8AFD78" bold="true" box="[650,740,727,752]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, the female canal opens into the most distal part of the dorsal wall of the female atrium, whereas in the smaller specimens, the female canal opens into the distal third of the female atrium but not terminally. According to the schematic drawings of specimens studied by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF3FFCDB9C49014C8F6FCB0" author="Marcus" box="[1261,1432,799,824]" pageId="13" pageNumber="112" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus (1951)</bibRefCitation>
, something similar appears to occur in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF3FFCDBF649071CFAEFCD4" box="[589,704,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="112">I. marcusi</emphasis>
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. However, Marcus reconstructed the copulatory apparatus of an animal after copulation, therefore mature, with the female canal opening in the middle third of the female atrium.
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