A new genus of marine chaetonotids (Gastrotricha), with a description of two new species from Greenland and Denmark
Two new marine species of Gastrotricha: Chaetonotidae are described from West Greenland and Denmark. Some peculiar features suggest the affiliation of the two species to a new genus, for which the name Diuronotus is proposed. The affinity of these gastrotrichs with species of Musellifer , the only g...
| Published in: | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2005
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315405012579 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315405012579 |
| Summary: | Two new marine species of Gastrotricha: Chaetonotidae are described from West Greenland and Denmark. Some peculiar features suggest the affiliation of the two species to a new genus, for which the name Diuronotus is proposed. The affinity of these gastrotrichs with species of Musellifer , the only genus entirely marine and hermaphroditic, and possibly the most basal one along the Chaetonotidae evolutionary line, is discussed from a morphological point of view. The span of the geographical distribution of Diuronotus is discussed in the light of a record of an additional co-generic, undescribed species from the USA. The relationships of this genus will be important in reconstructing the evolutionary pathways within Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida. |
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