Anokkostenostomum membranosum ( Kepner & Carter, 1931 ), 2005

Noreña, Carolina, Damborenea, Cristina & Brusa, Francisco, 2005, A taxonomic revision of South American species of the genus Stenostomum O. Schmidt (Platyhelminthes: Catenulida) based on morphological characters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (1), pp. 37-58 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00157.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5113634
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C6887DA-3075-C477-FFBD-A7A0D540AC36
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scientific name	Anokkostenostomum membranosum ( Kepner & Carter, 1931 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Anokkostenostomum membranosum ( Kepner & Carter, 1931) View in CoL comb. nov.

( Fig. 4D View Figure 4 )

Stenostomum membranosum Kepner & Carter, 1931 View in CoL

Description: Solitary individuals, 0.5 mm long. Twozooid chains. Fusiform body with tapering ends. The intestine reaches the caudal region of the body. Reduced lateral ciliated pits. No rhabdites. Homogeneous ciliated epithelium, without sensory cilia. Welldeveloped cilia in the ciliated pits. Specimens colourless in life.

Anterior brain lobes larger than the posterior lobes. No light-refracting bodies.

Oral pore axially elongated. Fibrous pharynx. Conspicuous lip sphincter. No pharyngeal glands. No excretophores. Nephridiopore terminal.

Distribution: Virginia, USA ( Kepner & Carter, 1931); São Paulo, Brazil ( Marcus, 1945b).

References

Kepner WA, Carter J. 1931. Ten well-defined new species of Stenostomum. Zoologischer Anzeiger 93: 108 - 123.

Marcus E. 1945 b. Sobre Microturbelarios do Brasil. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 1 (25): 1 - 74. Est I - XI.

Figures

Figure 4. A, Anokkostenostomum anatirostrum. B, A. corderoi. C, A. eveline. D, A. membrenosum. Scale bars = 200 Mm.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Platyhelminthes
SubPhylum	Catenulida
Class	Turbellaria
Order	Catenulida
Family	Stenostomidae
Genus	Anokkostenostomum