Acrochordonoposthia
Acrochordonoposthia sp. Locality. Temporary pools on Mount Kavul and Mount Shekhanya, Lower Galilee. Acrochordonoposthia sp. was collected in medium-sized temporary pools in Israel during the winter (January 2002), and disappeared with the beginning of spring and the seasonal rise in temperature. Ma...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:5620309 2024-09-15T18:10:02+00:00 Acrochordonoposthia Noreña, Carolina Eitam, Avi Blaustein, Leon 2008-12-31 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620309 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8247878A2B21FFA2FF71F9DC6BC3F0A8 unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.180877 http://publication.plazi.org/id/7E7EFFF22B31FFB3FFE6FFFC6A03F72B https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/8247878A2B21FFA2FF71F9DC6BC3F0A8 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620308 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620309 oai:zenodo.org:5620309 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8247878A2B21FFA2FF71F9DC6BC3F0A8 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode " Microturbellarian " flatworms (Platyhelminthes) from freshwater pools: New species and records from Israel, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa, 1705, 17-18, (2008-12-31) Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Platyhelminthes Rhabditophora Rhabdocoela Typhloplanidae Acrochordonoposthia info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2008 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.562030910.5281/zenodo.18087710.5281/zenodo.5620308 2024-07-25T16:16:08Z Acrochordonoposthia sp. Locality. Temporary pools on Mount Kavul and Mount Shekhanya, Lower Galilee. Acrochordonoposthia sp. was collected in medium-sized temporary pools in Israel during the winter (January 2002), and disappeared with the beginning of spring and the seasonal rise in temperature. Material. Two specimens. Live observations, squash preparations, photographs. Description. Very mobile body, elongated and narrow. Length 0.7 – 1 mm, width 0.15 – 0.20 mm. Posterior end rounded, motor and semirigid cilia present. Rhabdite-tracts weakly developed. Dermal rhabdites not recognized. Posterior end with mucus (adhesive or sticky) glands. Pharynx in the first third of the body. Colour transparent or colourless, but with numerous yellow or orange oil drops at the posterior end and irregular dark pigmentation at the anterior end. The two excretion pores open in the last third of the body, just in front of the reproductive organs. Copulatory organ and bursa are located together. The copulatory organ is pear-shaped. Testes spherical, opening laterally in the medial part of the male organ. Unfortunately, the studied individuals were not completely matured, and thus cirrus, penis papillae and female reproductive organs were not observable; therefore, an exact identification of the specimens is not possible. However, these specimens show some clear differences from similar species of the genus Acrochordonoposthia ( Acrochordonoposthia conica Reisinger, 1924 and A . apopera Reisinger, 1924): the presence of pigmentation patches (possibly eye spots) at the anterior end and well-developed glands in the posterior end. The genus Acrochordonoposthia is mainly known from Europe, only one ( Acrochordonoposthia conica Reisinger, 1925) of the 8 known species of the genus was also found outside of Europe (Greenland, Nearctic region; Steinböck, 1932). Published as part of Noreña, Carolina, Eitam, Avi & Blaustein, Leon, 2008, " Microturbellarian " flatworms (Platyhelminthes) from freshwater pools: New species and records ... Other/Unknown Material Greenland Zenodo |
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Acrochordonoposthia sp. Locality. Temporary pools on Mount Kavul and Mount Shekhanya, Lower Galilee. Acrochordonoposthia sp. was collected in medium-sized temporary pools in Israel during the winter (January 2002), and disappeared with the beginning of spring and the seasonal rise in temperature. Material. Two specimens. Live observations, squash preparations, photographs. Description. Very mobile body, elongated and narrow. Length 0.7 – 1 mm, width 0.15 – 0.20 mm. Posterior end rounded, motor and semirigid cilia present. Rhabdite-tracts weakly developed. Dermal rhabdites not recognized. Posterior end with mucus (adhesive or sticky) glands. Pharynx in the first third of the body. Colour transparent or colourless, but with numerous yellow or orange oil drops at the posterior end and irregular dark pigmentation at the anterior end. The two excretion pores open in the last third of the body, just in front of the reproductive organs. Copulatory organ and bursa are located together. The copulatory organ is pear-shaped. Testes spherical, opening laterally in the medial part of the male organ. Unfortunately, the studied individuals were not completely matured, and thus cirrus, penis papillae and female reproductive organs were not observable; therefore, an exact identification of the specimens is not possible. However, these specimens show some clear differences from similar species of the genus Acrochordonoposthia ( Acrochordonoposthia conica Reisinger, 1924 and A . apopera Reisinger, 1924): the presence of pigmentation patches (possibly eye spots) at the anterior end and well-developed glands in the posterior end. The genus Acrochordonoposthia is mainly known from Europe, only one ( Acrochordonoposthia conica Reisinger, 1925) of the 8 known species of the genus was also found outside of Europe (Greenland, Nearctic region; Steinböck, 1932). Published as part of Noreña, Carolina, Eitam, Avi & Blaustein, Leon, 2008, " Microturbellarian " flatworms (Platyhelminthes) from freshwater pools: New species and records ... |
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Acrochordonoposthia |
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" Microturbellarian " flatworms (Platyhelminthes) from freshwater pools: New species and records from Israel, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa, 1705, 17-18, (2008-12-31) |
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