Catenula macrura Marcus, 1945

Larsson, Karolina & Willems, Wim, 2010, Report on freshwater Catenulida (Platyhelminthes) from Sweden with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 2396, pp. 1-18 : 10

Catenula macrura Marcus, 1945 b

( Fig. 5 J, 6 C)

Locality. Loc. 12.

Known distribution. Brazil ( Marcus 1945b), Finland ( Luther 1960).

Material. Two individuals studied alive and preserved in ethanol for DNA-sequencing.

Description and remarks. This species, which is superficially similar to C. lemnae , is easily recognisable by the presence of a very narrow tail-like posterior end (see Marcus 1945b, Luther 1960).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Live specimens of Catenulida: A – B: Stenostomum arevaloi (A: anterior end, B: tail); C-D: Stenostomum bryophilum (C: one zooid, D: two zooids); E: Stenostomum grabbskogense; F-G: Stenostomum leucops (F: whole animal, G: anterior end); H, L: Catenula turgida (H: whole individual, L: mouth region); I: Stenostomum sphagnetorum; J: Catenula macrura; K: Catenula lemnae; M: Rhynchoscolex simplex.