Stenostomum cryptops Nuttycombe and Waters, 1935
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https://doi.org/ 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-22 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B330457-FFF6-9868-A0E5-7EDAC2D7D025 |
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Felipe |
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Stenostomum cryptops Nuttycombe and Waters, 1935 |
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Stenostomum cryptops Nuttycombe and Waters, 1935 View in CoL
Studied material: A single individual, afterward whole-mounted and studied alive.
Localities: Site 2 (9/10/2018), associated with phytal microhabitat.
Description: The body configuration is typical of the species, small and with two pairs of plate-like light-refracting bodies, the first pair located on the anterior brain lobe, while the second pair is located at the posterior brain lobe. Club-shaped pharyngeal glands distributed along the anterior half of the pharynx. Muscular pharynx. Several excretophores laterally distributed along the intestine.
Taxonomic remarks: Our observations are in agreement with descriptions made by Marcus (1945b), and Nuttycombe and Waters (1938). However, Marcus (1945b) stated that specimens from São Paulo bear only a pair of light-refracting bodies associated with the anterior brain lobes. Nonetheless, our specimen presents two pairs of these structures which made them more similar to individuals studied by Nuttycombe and Waters (1938) in North America. This is the second record of S. cryptops for the country since it was found in São Paulo ( Marcus 1945b).
Distribution: The species is found in Georgia, USA ( Nuttycombe and Waters 1938) and São Paulo, Brazil ( Marcus 1945b).
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