Catenula confusa Nuttycombe, 1956

Jung, Jongwoo, 2016, The first record of Catenula confusa Nuttycombe, 1956 (Platyhelminthes: Catenulida: Catenulidae) from Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (3), pp. 539-540 : 539-540

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.539

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scientific name

Catenula confusa Nuttycombe, 1956
status

 

Catenula confusa Nuttycombe, 1956 View in CoL

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Catenula lemnae Marcus, 1945a: 11 View in CoL ; Marcus, 1945b: 1; Luther, 1960: 23.

Catenula confusa Jones, 1959: 335 View in CoL ; van der Land, 1965: 235.

Material examined. Twenty individuals: Korea, Jeollanam­do, Sinan­gun, Heuksan­myeon , Ye­ri , 36°68′97.52″ N, 125°45′45.31″E, 21 September 2015, collected by Hanna Kim.

Diagnosis. Single zooid, 0.25­0.45 mm in length; 0.015 ­ 0.050 mm in width. Body, thread­like when elongated; 1­5 zooids; not forming balustrade. Head, anterior end rounded; cephalic auricles at posterior end of cephalic region; length of cephalic region, about 1/3 of total length of zooid in single zooid specimen. Statocysts located dorsal to cephalic ganglion.

Habitats. Ponds and ditches rich in organic matter.

World distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Remarks. Although specimens in this study show some differences with those of the original description of C. confusa in length and width of zooid, they conform to the specific diagnosis of this species suggested by Nuttycombe (1956).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Family

Catenulidae

Genus

Catenula

Loc

Catenula confusa Nuttycombe, 1956

Jung, Jongwoo 2016
2016
Loc

Catenula confusa

Van der Land, J. 1965: 235
Jones, E. R. 1959: 335
1959
Loc

Catenula lemnae

Luther, A. 1960: 23
Marcus, E. 1945: 11
Marcus, E. 1945: 1
1945
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