Turbellarian taxonomic database

Praeaphanostoma hyalinorhabdoida Notes

Species redescribed by Atherton & Jondelius 2021) (citation):
"Following a re-examination of the original collection
notes and materials, it is clear from both photographs
of live animals and from fixed, sectioned animals that
Kånneby & Jondelius (2013) incorrectly interpreted
the morphology of the reproductive system of
Pseudaphanostoma hyalinorhabdoida in their
original description. The female bursa was described
as the seminal vesicle; the actual seminal vesicle and
connecting vas deferens were dismissed as patches of
free sperm outside the male copulatory organ, and the
penis was not identified. Kånneby & Jondelius (2013)
based the inclusion of the species in Pseudaphanostoma
on the mistaken lack of female accessory organs
and the relationship between this species and
Pseudaphanostoma smithrii in their phylogenetic tree."

Notes from synonyms

(None)

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