Discocelis tigrina (Blanchard, 1847) Lang 1884 ...

• Main Authors: Noreña, Carolina, Rodríguez, Jorge, Pérez, Jacinto, Almon, Bruno
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Platyhelminthes; Rhabditophora; Polycladida; Discocelidae; Discocelis; Discocelis tigrina; Blanchard; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5664418; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5664418

Discocelis tigrina (Blanchard, 1847) Lang 1884 Figure 6 Material examined. All specimens were captured in Galicia, Spain. One specimen from "Os Esqueiros", Ría de Arousa, (10/12/2011). 42º56.083'N; 08º56.083'W. Two specimens from "A Ameixida", Ría de Arousa, (20/03/2014 and 28/01/2015). 42º32.058'N; 08º59.309'W. One specimen from "Beluso", Ría de Pontevedra, (6/12/2014). 42º20.145'N; 08º47.970'W. Description. Fixed worms 30 mm long and 15 mm wide. Body shape elongated with rounded anterior and posterior ends. Dorsal surface beige with brown spots of several sizes, light wavy margins sometimes smooth (Fig. 6 A, B). Dorsal surface smooth and whitish (Fig. 6 C). Without tentacles. Marginal, tentacular and cerebral eyes clusters present. Brain between the tentacular and cerebral eyes. Oral pore ventral, anterior body end; pharynx ruffled with deep pharyngeal folds. Male and female systems open through a common genital pore at the last third of the body. Ovaries dorsal and well developed. Reproductive system ... : 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 167-171, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/233785 ...