Promesostoma meixneri Ax, 1951

Faubel, A. & Warwick, R. M., 2005, The marine flora and fauna of the Isles of Scilly: Free-living Plathelminthes (‘ Turbellaria’), Journal of Natural History 39 (1), pp. 1-45 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930310001613593

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F1587FE-FFFA-A035-FE3B-96B7FE0F3D00

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Carolina

scientific name

Promesostoma meixneri Ax, 1951
status

 

Promesostoma meixneri Ax, 1951 View in CoL

Material examined

Site 11: one specimen in squash preparation.

Geographical distribution. Baltic Sea: Kieler Bucht; North Sea: North Frisian Islands (Sylt, Amrum, Jordsand); Norwegian Sea: Norway (TromsØ: GrindØ); Irish Sea: Anglesey (Menai Bridge); Bay of Biscay: France (Arcachon); Canada: Quoddy Region (St Andrews: Pagan Point) ( Ax 1956a; Boaden 1963a; Schmidt 1972; Ehlers 1974; Ax and Armonies 1987).

Remarks

Promesostoma meixneri View in CoL is characterized by a male stylet having three turns proximally and a characteristic distal tip. In our specimens the distal tip of the stylet was found to be straight, with a terminal pore, with no differentiations. Because it is known that during the course of development of reproductive organs the distal tip of the stylet is developed last, it is impossible to ascertain what subspecies was found. To date there are three subspecies known: Promesostoma meixneri meixneri Ax, 1951 View in CoL , P. meixneri roscoffensis Ehlers, 1980 View in CoL and P. meixneri ericae Faubel, 1980 View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Class

Rhabditophora

Order

Rhabdocoela

Family

Promesostomidae

Genus

Promesostoma

Loc

Promesostoma meixneri Ax, 1951

Faubel, A. & Warwick, R. M. 2005
2005
Loc

P. meixneri roscoffensis

Ehlers 1980
1980
Loc

P. meixneri ericae

Faubel 1980
1980
Loc

Promesostoma meixneri

Ax 1951
1951
Loc

Promesostoma meixneri meixneri

Ax 1951
1951
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