Cheliplana santiaguera Diez, Reygel & Artois, 2019

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 : 479-480

Cheliplana santiaguera Diez, Reygel & Artois, 2019

Material examined. None.

Known distribution. Siboney, Cuba ( Diez et al. 2019).

Remarks (summarised from literature). Specimens are pinkish and are 0.7–0.8mm long when whole mounted. The proboscis carries 16-µm-long, curved hooks. Hook supports are 6 to 8 µm long. The pharynx measures 124- 126 µm, corresponding to 1/8 of the total body length, and connects to the mouth through a twice as long, spiny prepharyngeal cavity.

The copulatory bulb is inverted-pear shaped (50–74 µm) and comprises the prostate vesicle and spiny cirrus (22–28 µm, spines 0.5 µm). A sphincter occurs in the middle of the ejaculatory duct.

The vitellarium extends from the pharynx to the copulatory bulb. A single bursa and ovary occur caudally.

Oocytes lie in a row and proximally diminish in diameter. The bursa is connected to the common atrium and opens externally through a vagina, posterior to the common gonopore.