Turbellarian taxonomic database

Record # 13992
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Title
Journal
Westervelt CA, Kozloff EN (1992)
Two new species of Syndesmis (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela, Umagillidae) from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis and Allocentrotus fragilis.
Cah Biol Mar 33(1): 115-124.

Abstract / Notes

Two species of umagillid neorhabdocoels are described from sea urchins collected in Washington [USA] Syndesmis
inconspicua sp. nov., is found in the intestine of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, but is less common in
this host than Syndisyrinx franciscanus Lehman, 1946. It is easily distinguished from S. franciscanus by its
color, which is tan or pinkish brown, rather than red. Syndesmis neglecta sp. nov. inhabits the intestine of
Allocentrotus fragilis.

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