Unguiphora sp. F

Curini-Galletti, M., Oggiano, G. & Casu, M., 2002, The genus Nematoplana Meixner, 1938 (Platyhelminthes: Unguiphora) in eastern Australia, Journal of Natural History 36 (9), pp. 1023-1046 : 1043

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110039585

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F587FC-A878-FFA7-435A-A6635B5242DE

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Unguiphora sp. F
status

 

Unguiphora sp. F

Material examined

Queensland, Caloundra, Shelly Beach (August 1993, 1996), at both sides of the silted mouth of a creek, in coarse sediments. Abundant (and dominant metazoan species) at the inner side of the sand bar, in brackish conditions .

Description and remarks

A very long unguiphorid, with specimens well in excess of 10 mm in length. With two pigmented eye-spots, and with a longitudinal band of pigment, white in re ected light, in front of brain. With a short, collar-shaped pharynx.

Pattern of pigmentation of this species previously unknown in the Unguiphora .

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