Two new species of Tetranchyroderma are described from a sandy beach in southeastern Australia. Both species belong to the subgroup of the genus in which the dorsal surface of the body is covered with pentancres and in which head sensorial organs (tentacles and/or pestle organs) are absent. Tetranchyroderma pentaspersus sp. nov. is small, 178-244 mu m long, and distinguished by possessing exceptionally large pentancres, c. 30 rows, with the central tine c. 15 mu m long on the trunk, though shorter on the head; lateral tines c. 60% as long. The adhesive apparatus consists of four pairs of anterior adhesive tubules (TbA), nine pairs of ventro-lateral tubules (TbL), and eight posterior tubules (TbP), with two of the latter at the end of each caudal pedicle and four very small in between the caudal pedicles; dorsal and ventral tubules and cirrata are absent. Tetranchyroderma australiense sp. nov. is larger, 330-390 mu m long, possesses c. 70 rows of smaller pentancres, with all five tines of equal length. The adhesive apparatus consists of four pairs of TbA, eleven pairs of TbL, one pair of dorsal adhesive tubules (TbD), and four TbP, the latter equally distributed at the end of two caudal pedicles; ventral tubules and cirrata are absent. Possible synonymy between the new species and Tetranchyroderma sp. 7 of Valbonesi & Luporini (1988) from Somalia is discussed.
Two new species of Tetranchyroderma (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from a sandy beach in southeastern Australia / Nicholas, W.; Todaro, Mary Antonio Donatello. - In: NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. - ISSN 0028-8330. - STAMPA. - 40:2(2006), pp. 249-258. [10.1080/00288330.2006.9517418]
Two new species of Tetranchyroderma (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from a sandy beach in southeastern Australia
TODARO, Mary Antonio Donatello
2006
Abstract
Two new species of Tetranchyroderma are described from a sandy beach in southeastern Australia. Both species belong to the subgroup of the genus in which the dorsal surface of the body is covered with pentancres and in which head sensorial organs (tentacles and/or pestle organs) are absent. Tetranchyroderma pentaspersus sp. nov. is small, 178-244 mu m long, and distinguished by possessing exceptionally large pentancres, c. 30 rows, with the central tine c. 15 mu m long on the trunk, though shorter on the head; lateral tines c. 60% as long. The adhesive apparatus consists of four pairs of anterior adhesive tubules (TbA), nine pairs of ventro-lateral tubules (TbL), and eight posterior tubules (TbP), with two of the latter at the end of each caudal pedicle and four very small in between the caudal pedicles; dorsal and ventral tubules and cirrata are absent. Tetranchyroderma australiense sp. nov. is larger, 330-390 mu m long, possesses c. 70 rows of smaller pentancres, with all five tines of equal length. The adhesive apparatus consists of four pairs of TbA, eleven pairs of TbL, one pair of dorsal adhesive tubules (TbD), and four TbP, the latter equally distributed at the end of two caudal pedicles; ventral tubules and cirrata are absent. Possible synonymy between the new species and Tetranchyroderma sp. 7 of Valbonesi & Luporini (1988) from Somalia is discussed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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