Korotkevitschia Friedrich 1968 ...

• Main Author: Chernyshev, Alexei V.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nemertea; Enopla; Monostilifera; Cratenemertidae; Korotkevitschia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5689962; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5689962

Genus: Korotkevitschia Friedrich, 1968 Generic diagnosis: Pelagic hoplonemerteans with modified monostiliferous proboscis armature; bulb region and bulb duct not developed; basis, central stylet and diaphragm absent; two accessory stylet pouches with posterior opening; rhynchocoel reaches posterior end of body; rhynchocoel wall with interwoven musculature; mouth and rhynchodaeum open separately; precerebral septum closed; body wall with non­fasciated diagonal muscles; longitudinal musculature not anteriorly divided, with honeycomb fascial substructure; dorso­ventral musculature weakly developed; longitudinal stomach musculature present; frontal organ present; eyes absent; frontal, cephalic and submuscular glands present in precerebral region; cerebral organs lie beside brain and reach behind dorsal ganglia, cerebral organ canals branched, with two distinct kinds of epithelium; cerebral organ furrows lack secondary grooves; cerebral ganglia with neither neurochord cells nor inner neurilemma; lateral nerve ... : Published as part of Chernyshev, Alexei V., 2005, Redescription of Korotkevitschia pelagica (Korotkevitsch, 1961) (Enopla: Hoplonemertea: Cratenemertea), a pelagic nemertean from Antarctica, pp. 1-14 in Zootaxa 862 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170850 ...