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Issue: Vol. 4604 No. 2: 14 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.2.11
Page range: 388–394
Abstract views: 92
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A new solitary, interstitial species of Loxosomatidae (Entoprocta) from the coast of Galicia (NW Spain), Loxosoma discoides n. sp.

Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Investigacións Mariñas (CIMA), Consellería do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, 36620 Vilanova de Arousa, Spain. Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Acari Kamptozoa taxonomy morphology histology scanning electron microscopy Iberian Peninsula Northeast Atlantic

Abstract

A new solitary species of Loxosomatidae (Entoprocta), Loxosoma discoides n. sp., is described. The specimens were found in the intertidal level of two locations in the Galician (NW Spain) coast. This new species, with “table-tennis bat” appearance, is characterised by showing large lateral wings in the calyx, which confer the singular aspect. It is the first record of this genus at the coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

 

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