Tajikacelis keke (Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1989)

Curini-Galletti, Marco & Schockaert, Ernest R., 2021, Six new species ofArchimonocelididae Meixner, 1938 (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata) from the Pacific, with proposal of a new genus, Zootaxa 4965 (3), pp. 515-528 : 524-525

Tajikacelis keke (Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1989)

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Diagnosis. A thick species of Tajikacelis with a short funnel shaped stylet, 28 μm long, with a proximal opening of 21 μm and a small, truncated distal opening. With 13 testes in a row, may possess a single seminal vesicle but observations of the living specimen were very difficult (see Martens & Curini-Galletti 1989).

Occurrence. Kudingareng Keke , South Sulawesi ( Indonesia), coral sand, littoral, (type locality)(17 October 1984) .

Material studied. The type material, consisting of a whole mount.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Tajikacelis itoi (A–C) The copulatory stylet in three syntypes. T. keke (D) Copulatory stylet after Martens & Curini- Galletti, 1989. (scale bar = 20 µm).

FIGURE 10. The copulatory stylets in the holotypes of the species of Tajikacelis n. gen. (scale bar = 20 µm).