Turbellarian taxonomic database

Record # 1746
Author
Title
Journal
Kenk R, Hampton AM (1982)
Freshwater triclads (Turbellaria) of North America. XIV. Polycelis monticola, new species, from the Sierra Nevada Range in California.
Proc Biol Soc Wash 95:567-570.

Abstract / Notes

P. monticola sp. nov. is described. The principal distinguishing characters of the species are in the anatomy
of the copulatory apparatus. The species has a blunt penis papilla and the ejaculatory duct opens on the
ventral side of the papilla instead of at its tip.

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