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.
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