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Hooge MD, Smith JPS (2004) New acoels (Acoela, Acoelomorpha) from North Carolina. Zootaxa 442: 1-24 [doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.442.1.1 goto] |
Abstract / Notes
From a survey of interstitial acoel flatworms at Lockwoods Folly Inlet, Oak Island, North Carolina, the new species Anaperus sp. nov. (Anaperidae), Diopisthoporus sp. nov. (Diopisthoporidae), Conaperta earnhardti sp. nov. (Convolutidae), Kuma sp. nov. (Haploposthiidae), Pseudohaplogonaria sp. nov. (Haploposthiidae), and Proporus carolinensis sp. nov. are described. Seven previously described acoel species and one nemertodermatid species were also collected from Lockwoods Folly, these were: Diopisthoporus gymnopharyngeus, Endocinta punctata, Neochildia fusca, Parahaploposthia thiophilus, Paratomella rubra, Polychoerus caudatus, Pseudaphanostoma smithrii, and Flagellophora apelti. Key words: Acoelomorpha, meiofauna, turbellarians, Anaperus, Diopisthoporus, Conaperta, Pseudohaplogonaria, Kuma, Proporus.
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