Byrsophlebs caligulachaena (Ehlers & Ehlers, 1981) Karling 1985 ...

• Main Authors: Steenkiste, Niels Van, Volonterio, Odile, Schockaert, Ernest, Artois, Tom
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Platyhelminthes; Rhabditophora; Rhabdocoela; Byrsophlebidae; Byrsophlebs; Byrsophlebs caligulachaena; Egedesminde; Greenland; White Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230431; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6230431

Byrsophlebs caligulachaena (Ehlers & Ehlers, 1981) Karling, 1985 (Fig. 11 C) syn. Maehrenthalia caligulachaena Ehlers & Ehlers, 1981 New locality. Playa Grande, Parque Nacional de Santa Teresa, Departamento de Rocha, Uruguay (34°1’55.17”S, 53°32’14.52”W). On algae (Corallimorpha sp.) in intertidal pools (18/07/2004). Known distribution. Egedesminde, Greenland (Levinsen 1879); White Sea, Solovki Islands, Russia (Sabussow 1900); Plymouth Sound, United Kingdom (Gamble 1893); Port Erin, Man Island (Jameson 1896); Jekaterinhafen and Bergen, Norway (Graff 1905; Luther 1936); Tomales Bay, California, USA (Karling 1985). Material. Observations on a live animal. One whole mount. Discussion. The examined animal is very small and measures only 0.3 mm in the whole mount. The parenchym has a vivid red colour. Although the form of the stylet is not completely clear in the whole mount, it seems to be a funnel-shaped, oblong tube with a length of ± 25–30 μm and a distally-bent apex. The vasa deferentia are very ... : Published as part of Steenkiste, Niels Van, Volonterio, Odile, Schockaert, Ernest & Artois, Tom, 2008, Marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Uruguay, with the description of eight new species and two new genera, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 1914 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184571 ...