Polycydora Diez, Sanjuan, Reygel & Artois, 2018
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.9 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C4BCDC9D-BCB2-4DF0-8EFB-7DBC61CB3E4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5992803 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/90E4C4B7-FA9C-4C0B-9482-A47304B24C6C |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:90E4C4B7-FA9C-4C0B-9482-A47304B24C6C |
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Polycydora Diez, Sanjuan, Reygel & Artois |
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gen. nov. |
Polycydora Diez, Sanjuan, Reygel & Artois View in CoL gen. n.
Diagnosis. Polycystididae with a proboscis showing four pairs of proboscis retractors and a ventral pair of integument retractors. Ovaries, testes and vitellaria paired. With a prostate stylet type II connected to a prostate vesicle type II containing eosinophilic secretion. Stalk of the male bursa with a thick, symmetrical muscle layer. Ovaries elongate, kidney shaped. Female bursa well-developed, with a long stalk, ending at the junction of the two oviducts.
Etymology. The name Polycydora is composed of Polycy-, taken from the genus Polycystis Kölliker, 1845 , and of - dora, taken from the genus Paulodora Marcus, 1948 , as the new genus shows some characters of both these genera.
Type species. Polycydora intermedia sp. n., by monotypy.
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