Turbellarian taxonomic database

Adenopea cenata Notes


Geographic distribution: Brazil, Island of Sao Sebastiao.
Lectotype #2728, Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation)- Swedish Museum of Natural History.

Marcus EDB-R 1955 (citation)- definition, description and illustration p 19-24, and figures 1-7.  Also on 
	food, regeneration, etc. p 23-24.
	
	Appearance: 1.5 mm long, preserved in oil of clove 1mm x 0.5-0.55 mm.  No enrollment.  Uniform
		green in color.  muscular band (colorless) surrounds the body.  Longitudinal rows of 
		brown (cyanophilous- big bottle-shaped) glands, brown ovaries.  Symbionts.
		
	Anatomy: cilia 5 microns long- epithelium of back 10 microns, epithelium of ventral 6 microns.
		Glands abundant, huge frontal glands, cirular muscles and only longitudinal many fibers are
		thick. Annular muscles lie at base of epicytium- longitudinal fibers belong to ectocytium.
		Eyes not developed.  Brain inconspicuous (2 small ganglia
		and dorsal commissure).  Statocyst minute- found in only 2/3s of speciments.  On egg laying,
		breaks into two pairs and regenerates.  Mouth shortly before middle - feed on C. henseni.
		Testes from behind frontal gland in lateral ectocytium.  Ovary- below more medial (spermatogonia
		along sides even behind male pore).  Seminal vesicle a limited vacuole of endocytium.  
		Ejactulatory duct or penis (as in C. illardata a curved tube) ciliated- anterior wall with
		stimulative organ- glands at opening of organ into penis.  Ovaries back to female pore- 
		female pore anterior to male- ciliated vagina continuous as a "syncytial vacuolized strand)
		which endters bursal vacuole from the front.
			
Antonius A 1968 (citation)- 
Dorjes J 1968 (citation)- lists in Convoluta p 85.
Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation)- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Brazil.  List specimens, brief
	remark p 176.
	
Faubel A 1976 (citation)- lists in Adenopea p 23.

Notes from synonyms

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