Phaenocora cucurbitina Beklemischev, 1918

Houben, Albrecht M., Steenkiste, Niels Van & Artois, Tom J., 2014, Revision of Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 3889 (3), pp. 301-354 : 335

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.1

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scientific name

Phaenocora cucurbitina Beklemischev, 1918
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Phaenocora cucurbitina Beklemischev, 1918 View in CoL

(Figs 11F1–F2)

Phaenocora cucurbitina Beklemischev 1918: 49 View in CoL –50, 74–75, Figs 6–7; Stummer-Traunfels & Meixner 1930: 3392; Gilbert 1935: 285; Marcus 1946: 72.

Known distribution: Vameljoki near Saint Petersburg ( Russia) ( Beklemischev 1918).

Material examined: None.

Diagnosis: Animals about 3 mm long, with reddish-brown eyes. Head with a reddish colour and a branched pigmentation pattern, which also appears reddish-brown. Zoochlorellae not mentioned in literature. Male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IB, its spines having the appearance of melon seeds. Female genital system not very well known, although it is clear that a female genital canal, a genito-bursal duct and an intestinal bursa are present; hence either of the UNIPUNCTATA - type or the AGLOBULATA - type.

Remark: The female genital structures of this species are not satisfactorily described. Beklemischev’s (1918) figure 6 clearly shows the presence of a female genital canal, genito-bursal duct and intestinal duct (also Fig. 11F1). The presence or absence of a burso-intestinal duct is not specifically mentioned ( Beklemischev 1918).

Beklemischev, W. (1918) Observations sur les turbellaries des environs de Petrograd. Travaux de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de St. - Petersbourg, 49, 38 - 77. [In Russian with French summary]

Gilbert, C. M. (1935) A comparative study of three new American species of the genus Phaenocora with especial reference to their reproductive organs and their relationships with the other described forms of the genus. Acta zoologica, 16, 283 - 386. [Plate I - V]

Marcus, E. (1946) Sobre Turbellaria Brasilieros. Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras, Zoologia, 11, 5 - 254. [Tab. I - XXXI]

Stummer-Traunfels, R. & Meixner, J. (1930) Vierter Band: Vermes Abteilung Ic: Turbellaria 3.: Polycladida, Literatur V. In: Dr. H. G. Bronns Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs, Leipzig, pp. 3371 - 3484.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

SubPhylum

Rhabditophora

Class

Rhabditophora

Order

Rhabdocoela

Family

Typhloplanidae

SubFamily

Phaenocorinae

Genus

Phaenocora