Stylochus neapolitanus ...

• Main Authors: Noreña, Carolina, Rodríguez, Jorge, Pérez, Jacinto, Almon, Bruno
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Platyhelminthes; Rhabditophora; Polycladida; Stylochidae; Stylochus; Stylochus neapolitanus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5664417; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5664417

Stylochus neapolitanus (Delle Chiaje, 1841 –1844) Lang, 1884 Figure 5 Material examined. Two specimens from "Puerto Deportivo de Ribeira" (21/12/2012). 42°33.776'N; 008°59.339'W. One specimen from "Couso" (02/05/2014). 42º31.248'N; 09º2.570'W. Both locations in Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain. Description. Fixed worms 10–12 mm long and 3–5 mm wide. Body shape elongated with a slightly pointed anterior end and rounded posterior end, with straight margins sometimes with a few undulated waves. Dorsal surface marbled with whitish and dark reddish brown pigmentation, with an orange (or orange and white) pigmented band along the body margins. (Fig. 5 A, B). Ventral surface smooth and whitish (Fig. 5 C). With welldeveloped conical nuchal tentacles, characterised by an orange medial band. Tentacular eyes at the base and inside the tentacles (Fig. 5 D). Cerebral eyes between both tentacles. Marginal eyes at the anterior end. Frontal eyes absent. Brain just anterior to the tentacles, apparent and positioned slightly ... : Published as part of Noreña, Carolina, Rodríguez, Jorge, Pérez, Jacinto & Almon, Bruno, 2015, New Acotylea (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes) from the east coast of the North Atlantic Ocean with special mention of the Iberian littoral, pp. 157-172 in Zootaxa 4039 (1) on pages 166-167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/233785 ...