Meidiama, 2009

Schockaert, Ernest R., Curini-Galletti, Marco, Ridder, Wouter De, Volonterio, Odile & Artois, Tom, 2009, A new family of lithophoran Proseriata (Platyhelminthes), with the description of seven new species from the Indo-Pacific and South America, and the proposal of three new genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (4), pp. 759-773 : 760-761

MEIDIAMA URUGUAYENSIS SP. NOV.

Meidiama uruguayensis : species of Meidiama with a curved stylet of 80–90-Mm long, accompanied by 19–21 needles of 30–45-Mm long, with a small terminal hook of about one-quarter to one-fifth of the length of the needles; about 50 testes.

Meidiama uruguayensis : Río de la Plata, Balneario Las Flores, Departamento de Maldonado ( 34°48′50″S, 55°20′03″W), Uruguay ( type locality); Playa Grande , Uruguay; coarse sand between rocks ( 18/7/2004).

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Meidiama uruguayensis : four whole mounts and ten sectioned individuals (13 slides) from the type locality; one of the whole mounts is designated as the holotype ( SMNH 7352 ); paratypes UH 371–380 .

Etymology: Meidiama uruguayensis has been named after the country where it was found.