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Why be original? Two new species of Choeradoplana resembling the type species of the genus in their external aspects (Platyhelminthes, Continenticola)

Authors :
Giuly GouvĂȘa Turralde
Ana Maria Leal-Zanchet
Source :
ZooKeys, Vol 813, Iss, Pp 1-19 (2019), ZooKeys 813: 1-19, ZooKeys
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Pensoft Publishers, 2019.

Abstract

The genus Choeradoplana Graff, 1896 encompasses 16 species, most of them found in Brazil. Herein two new species of this genus are described from remnants of Araucaria moist forests, located in the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, south Brazil. Both species resemble the type-species of the genus, C.iheringi, showing brownish dorsal surface covered by dark-brown flecks. However, regarding their anatomy, the new species differ from C.iheringi and other congeners by a long and horizontal disposed permanent papilla. In such aspects, both species resemble C.benyai, but differ from this species, as well as from each other, in details of the prostatic vesicle, ejaculatory duct, and penis papilla.

Details

ISSN :
13132970 and 13132989
Volume :
813
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
ZooKeys
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d1961d7be2d706e8215f0f95f0a5fb3e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.813.29565