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Issue: Vol. 2973 No. 1: 22 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2973.1.3
Page range: 66–68
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of Pontaralia beklemichevi Mack-Fira, 1968 (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Russian Federation

Research Institute for Problems of Ecology and Mineral Wealth Use of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Daurskaya 28, 420087, Kazan, Russian Federation
Research Institute for Problems of Ecology and Mineral Wealth Use of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Daurskaya 28, 420087, Kazan, Russian Federation
Research Institute for Problems of Ecology and Mineral Wealth Use of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Daurskaya 28, 420087, Kazan, Russian Federation
Platyhelminthes Rhabdocoela Kalyptorhynchia

Abstract

This is the first record of Pontaralia beklemichevi Mack-Fira, 1968 since its original description from Romania. Found in Lake Middle Kaban (Kazan, the Middle Volga basin), this species is new for Russian fauna. It is a relict of Ponto-Aral-Caspian that has recently invaded the Middle Volga basin. In the morphology of the male reproductive system, larger cirrus spines were noted in comparison with the original description.

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