Dendrocoelum mariae Stocchino & Sluys, 2013

Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, 2018, 80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 4532 (4), pp. 539-552 : 546

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4532.4.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5988984
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scientific name	Dendrocoelum mariae Stocchino & Sluys, 2013
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Dendrocoelum mariae was found in a spring on the Asinara Island National Park in northern Sardinia (Punta della Scomunica Spring). Animals are usually provided with a pair of eyes, but supernumerary eyes (2-3 on either side) are often present. Moreover, this species is characterized by an adenodactyl that is much larger than the penis papilla and a copulatory apparatus localized far behind the pharynx. The presence of a true sphincter in the terminal tract of the bursal canal is a character shared with the other two Sardinian dendrocoelids (see below) ( Stocchino et al., 2013c).

References

Stocchino, G. A., Sluys, R., Marcia, P. & Manconi, R. (2013 c) Subterranean aquatic planarians of Sardinia, with a discussion on the penial flagellum and the bursal canal sphincter in the genus Dendrocoelum (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dendrocoelidae). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 75, 93 - 112. https: // doi. org / 10.4311 / 2011 LSC 0252