Freddius, Takeda & Kajihara, 2018

Takeda, Naoya & Kajihara, Hiroshi, 2018, A New Genus and Five New Species of Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) Discovered in Northern Japan, Species Diversity 23 (1), pp. 1-11 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.12782/specdiv.23.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9B333A2-FD81-476A-A805-D280C2194964
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5527052
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FDE175E3-9F6E-4B4A-A500-1012A7EB48B8
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:FDE175E3-9F6E-4B4A-A500-1012A7EB48B8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Freddius
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Freddius View in CoL gen. nov

Diagnosis. Cheliplanids possess hooks (sensu Karling 1983) articulated with movable nails; paired lateral auxiliary apparatuses are present between hooks.

Type species. Freddius tricaudatus View in CoL sp. nov., fixed by original designation.

Etymology. The new masculine genus name is derived from the character name Freddy Krueger, a horror icon in the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street, alluding the resemblance between his razor-armed glove used to kill his victims and the elaborate proboscis hooks of the flatworms in the new taxon.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Platyhelminthes
Order	Rhabdocoela
SubOrder	Kalyptorhynchia
Family	Cheliplanidae

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