Cheliplana asica Marcus, 1952

Diez, Yander L., Reygel, Patrick & Artois, Tom, 2019, Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from eastern Cuba, with the description of fifteen new species, Zootaxa 4646 (1), pp. 1-30 : 3

Cheliplana asica Marcus, 1952

Known distribution. Caraguatatuba, San Sebastián and Cananéa, São Paulo, Brazil ( Marcus 1952).

Material and distribution in Cuba. One specimen studied alive and whole mounted (HU IX.4.42), collected in Bahía de Gibara (March 26, 2017), intertidal, upper 20 cm of the fine-grained sand, salinity 35 ‰.

Remarks. Our specimen is 1.4 mm long, measured on the whole mount, translucent, without eyes. Proboscis hooks curved, 13 µm long; muscular hook supports 9 µm long. A single testis located caudally from the pharynx. Testis connected to two globular seminal vesicles, 27 µm long. Copulatory bulb encloses the prostate vesicle and the unarmed cirrus. Cirrus 170 µm long. Prostate vesicle 38 µm long and 23 µm at the widest point. Ovary rounded and located aside from the copulatory bulb. Globular bursa located at the level of the common gonopore. Bursa connected to the common atrium, and opens externally through a duct into the vagina, at the caudal end of the body.