New Acotylea (Polycladida, Platyhelminthes) from the east coast of the North Atlantic Ocean with special mention of the Iberian littoral

Polyclad species diversity, although generally well known for European North Atlantic waters, is nearly unknown for the Iberian Peninsula. The “Ría de Arousa”, located on the Atlantic coast of Galicia (Spain), is a place where many positive biological factors for species biodiversity converge. There...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: Noreña, Carolina, Rodríguez, Jorge, Pérez, Jacinto, Almón, B. (Bruno)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Magnolia Press 2015
Subjects:
Near-bottom zooplankton
Seamounts
Benthic boundary layer
Canary Islands
Oxygen
Fluorescence
Platyhelminthes
new Leptoplanidae and Stylochoplanidae
Spain
Hoploplana
Armatoplana
Discocelis
Cryptocelis
Stylochus
Blanchard
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10508/15584
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.7
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Summary:Polyclad species diversity, although generally well known for European North Atlantic waters, is nearly unknown for the Iberian Peninsula. The “Ría de Arousa”, located on the Atlantic coast of Galicia (Spain), is a place where many positive biological factors for species biodiversity converge. Therefore, it is an ideal location to study polyclad diversity. This research, which describes new records and new species, contributes to the knowledge of the distribution of Polycladida (Platyhelminthes), particularly of the suborder Acotylea, in the Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula. The new records include the re-descriptions of Cryptocelis compacta Lang, 1884, Stylochus neapolitanus (Delle Chiaje, 1841–1844) and Discocelis tigrina (Blanchard, 1847), while the two newly described species are Hoploplana elisabelloi n. sp. and Armatoplana celta n. sp.

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