2 NEW SPECIES OF KALYPTORHYNCHIA (PLATHELMINTHES) FROM THE N AMERICANATLANTIC COAST

Authors
KARLING TG
Citation
Tg. Karling, 2 NEW SPECIES OF KALYPTORHYNCHIA (PLATHELMINTHES) FROM THE N AMERICANATLANTIC COAST, Belgian journal of zoology, 125(2), 1995, pp. 395-402
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Belgian journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07776276
Volume
125
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
395 - 402
Database
ISI
SICI code
0777-6276(1995)125:2<395:2NSOK(>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The kalyptorhynchs (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) Gnathorhynchus riser i sp.n. (Gnathorhynchidae) and Placorhynchus doei sp.n. (Placorhynchid ae) are described from coarse sandy shores in Massachusetts, U.S.A.. G . riseri and its probable sister species G. rostellatus Brunet, 1973 h ave similar copulatory bulbs with prostatic fascicles enclosing the ej aculatory duct, in the former species differentiated to an eversible p enis papilla. P. doei is identified by its pointed sclerotic copulator y stylet, dissolved by acid fixatives.