Eucestoplana cuneata ( Sopott-Ehlers & Schmidt, 1975 )

Ramos-Sánchez, Mariela, 2024, The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 962 (1), pp. 1-67 : 10-11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.962.2683
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13947276
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scientific name	Eucestoplana cuneata ( Sopott-Ehlers & Schmidt, 1975 )
status

Treatment

Eucestoplana cuneata ( Sopott-Ehlers & Schmidt, 1975) View in CoL

Cestoplana cuneata Sopott-Ehlers & Schmidt, 1975: 210–212 View in CoL , pl. 9 fig. a–c, pl. 10 fig. a–b (type locality: Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador).

Eucestoplana cuneata View in CoL – Faubel 1983: 93–95 (new combination).

Cestoplana cuneata View in CoL – Westheide 1991: 44 (mentioned only).

Distribution

Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.

Habitat

Interstitial.

Remarks

The species was transferred to the genus Eucestoplana , proposed by Faubel (1983), and is characterized by scattered frontal eyes-spots. The male reproductive system features a true seminal vesicle and a tubular penis stylet, housed in an elongated male atrium and the female complex lacks Lang’s vesicle.