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A new marine flatworm (Plathelminthes: Rhabditophora: Otoplanidae) from the Ligurian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

A. Lanfranchi  and
M. Melai
A. Lanfranchi*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, via Volta 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
M. Melai
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, via Volta 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Lanfranchi, Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, via Volta 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy email: alanfranchi@biologia.unipi.it
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Abstract

The morphology and taxonomy of a new species of otoplanid (Plathelminthes: Rhabditophora: Proseriata) is discussed. Otoplana proxima sp. nov., collected at Marina di Bibbona (Livorno), presents the typical morphological peculiarities of the subfamily Otoplaninae, but clearly differs from the previously described species with regard to the organization of the genital organs. The new flatworm appears more similar to Otoplana intermedia, but differs sharply in its body length and male copulatory organ made up of 23–24 pliable spines (42–70 μm long) characterized by a forked tip and a canaliculated proximal end.

Keywords

taxonomymarine biodiversityOtoplanidaenew speciesmale copulatory organflatwormsmeiofaunaspines

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 423 - 427
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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