On the Calviriidae Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1993 (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata), with the description of three new species

• Main Authors: SCHOCKAERT, Ernest, Curini-Galletti, Marco, De Ridder, Wouter, ARTOIS, Tom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MAGNOLIA PRESS 2011
• Subjects: taxonomy; phylogeny; Subantartic; Tasmania; Iceland; Needles The; The Needles
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/12258

Three new species of Calviriidae are described, belonging to two new genera: Diskeria gigantea n.g. n.sp., D. tasmanica n.sp. and Paracalviria islandica n.g. n.sp. The species of Diskeria have a copulatory organ with two rings of needles of which the internal ring forms a structure resembling a styl...