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Noreña C, Damborenea C, Escobedo TM (2006) Two new rhabdocoels (Platyhelminthes) from the Peruvian Amazon floodplain. Biodiversity and Conservation 15(5): 1609-1620 |
Abstract / Notes
Two new Rhabdocoel species from the Peruvian Amazonia are described: Sergia calae n. sp. (Dalyelliidae) and Mesostoma ucamara n. sp. (Typhloplanidae). Both species were captured in the Pacaya-Samiria National Park, Loreto, Peru, with plankton-nets dragged several times through the abundant littoral floating plant-community. This is the first record of micro-turbellarians in this region. The discovery of these new species in the Pacaya-Samiria National Park suggests the high diversity of this area, which up to now has remained largely unknown, increases the general knowledge of the fauna of Neotropical turbellarians.| Home page -- (Main hierarchy) |