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Tajika K-I (1983) Zwei neue interstitielle Turbellarien der Gattung Archotoplana (Proseriata, Otoplanidae) aus Hokkaido, Japan. J Fac Sci Hokkaido Univ Ser VI Zool 23:179-194. |
Abstract / Notes
A. yamadai sp. nov. and A. abutaensis sp. nov. were proposed and described. They were the 1st otoplanids in the western Pacific. The 2 comprise a closely related species group whose common features are the post-pharyngeal vitellaria, the andro-intestinal duct and the intestinal synctium. They differ in regard to the structure of the stylet apparatus, the transverse septum in the intestinal canal and the gland complex in front of the pharynx. The andro-intestinal duct was compared with the ductus problematicus [problematic duct] of Paradoxoplana solida. The arrangement of the vitellofollicle separated the 2 spp. from Otoplanella and was characteristic of Archotoplana.
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