Cheliplana firmata Brunet, 1968

Gobert, Stefan, Diez, Yander L., Monnens, Marlies, Reygel, Patrick, Van Steenkiste, Niels W. L., Leander, Brian S. & Artois, Tom, 2021, A revision of the genus Cheliplana de Beauchamp, 1927 (Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchia), with the description of six new species, Zootaxa 4970 (3), pp. 453-494 : 472

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4766750
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scientific name	Cheliplana firmata Brunet, 1968
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Material examined. Reference material. 2 whole mounts, including the neotype ( SMNH Neotype 2817, SMNH 82469 View Materials ) .

Known distribution. Île Calseraigne, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France ( Brunet 1968).

Remarks. Our observations correspond to those of Brunet (1968). The total body length comprises 0.8 to 1 mm. The proboscis is armed with a pair of 14–16-µm-long proboscis hooks and bears a pair of soft sidepieces, each carrying three small bristles. At the base of the muscular hook supports, a small, sclerotised piece forms the attachment point for the two muscular bulbs. A single, bilobed testis is positioned ventrally alongside the pharynx. Seminal vesicles are paired. The copulatory bulb measures ~55 μm in cross-section and contains a small, spherical prostatic vesicle. The tubular cirrus is 29 μm long, thinly sclerotised and armed with very fine spines. The bursa lies adjacent to the ovary.