Polycydora Diez, Sanjuan, Reygel & Artois, 2018

Diez, Yander L., Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan, Reygel, Patrick, Roosen, Paulien & Artois, Tom, 2018, First record of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba, with the description of a new genus and five new species, and remarks and the description of one new species from Panama, Zootaxa 4514 (1), pp. 107-125 : 116-117

Polycydora Diez, Sanjuan, Reygel & Artois gen. n.

Diagnosis. Polycystididae with a proboscis showing four pairs of proboscis retractors and a ventral pair of integument retractors. Ovaries, testes and vitellaria paired. With a prostate stylet type II connected to a prostate vesicle type II containing eosinophilic secretion. Stalk of the male bursa with a thick, symmetrical muscle layer. Ovaries elongate, kidney shaped. Female bursa well-developed, with a long stalk, ending at the junction of the two oviducts.

Etymology. The name Polycydora is composed of Polycy-, taken from the genus Polycystis Kölliker, 1845 , and of - dora, taken from the genus Paulodora Marcus, 1948 , as the new genus shows some characters of both these genera.

Type species. Polycydora intermedia sp. n., by monotypy.