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Issue: Vol. 3184 No. 1: 6 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3184.1.3
Page range: 59–63
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 19

Kataplana celeretrix n. sp. (Platyhelminthes: Proseriata: Otoplanidae) from the Coast of North Carolina, USA

Department of Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733 U.S.A.
Department of Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733 U.S.A.
Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 U.S.A.
Platyhelminthes Proseriata Otoplanidae

Abstract

Kataplana celeretrix is described as a new species of proseriate flatworm belonging to the Otoplanidae. This species was found in low-tide-level surface sediments at two high-energy beach sites in North Carolina and is unique among described Otoplanidae in possessing post-pharyngeal germaria. In addition, we consider the intermediate taxonomic position that this new species occupies between Parotoplaninae and Otoplaninae, and point to the utility of confocal microscopy in routine species descriptions.

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