Trigonostomum penicillatum (Schmidt, 1857) Micoletzky 1910 ...

• Main Authors: Steenkiste, Niels Van, Tessens, Bart, Krznaric, Kathleen, Artois, Tom
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Platyhelminthes; Rhabditophora; Rhabdocoela; Trigonostomidae; Trigonostomum; Trigonostomum penicillatum; Willems; Northeast Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6182180; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6182180

Trigonostomum penicillatum (Schmidt, 1857) Micoletzky, 1910 (Figs. 2 A–2B) syn. Vortex penicillatus Schmidt, 1857 syn. Hyporhynchus penicillatus Diesing, 1862 syn. Trigonostomum intermedium nomen nudum Graff, 1910 syn. Trigonostomum marki Graff, 1911 New locality. Rota, Provincia de Cádiz, Spain (36°38’09”N, 6°23’50”W). Los Corrales: small algae in intertidal pools on a rocky cape (11/04/2008). Known distribution. Northeast Atlantic: European Atlantic coast; Mediterranean Sea; Northwest Atlantic: North American Atlantic coast (see Willems et al. 2004 for a complete overview). Material. Observations on a live animal. One whole mount. Remarks. The studied specimen undoubtedly belongs to the taxon Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 when considering the construction of the stylet and the bursal appendage. It can easily be recognized as Trigonostomum penicillatum (Schmidt, 1857) Micoletzky, 1910 because the stylet is proximally bent over 90° (Fig. 2 A) and the bursal appendage has a proximal barrel-like casing and a ... : Published as part of Steenkiste, Niels Van, Tessens, Bart, Krznaric, Kathleen & Artois, Tom, 2011, Dalytyphloplanida (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from Andalusia, Spain, with the description of four new species, pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 2791 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201106 ...