A new flatworm species of Temnocephala (Rhabdocoela, Temnocephalidae) ectosymbiont on the freshwater crab Valdivia serrata (Decapoda, Trichodactylidae) from Amazonas, Colombia
2020; Pensoft Publishers; Volume: 918; Linguagem: Inglês
10.3897/zookeys.918.38201
ISSN1313-2989
AutoresCarolina Lenis, Freddy Ruiz‐López, Carlos Muskus, Antonio Marcilla, Iván Darío Vélez,
Tópico(s)Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
ResumoA new species of temnocephalan is described from the branchial chambers of Valdivia serrata in Colombia as Temnocephala ivandarioisp. nov. The most distinctive characters of the new species are in the cirrus and the epidermal 'excretory' syncytial plates. In the present study, the terminology to describe the cirrus of species of Temnocephala is updated. Comparison between the shape of the cirrus of the temnocephalans associated with trichodactylid crabs is also provided.
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