Cheliplana canariensis Gobert, Reygel & Artois, 2017

Gobert, Stefan, Diez, Yander L., Monnens, Marlies, Reygel, Patrick, Van Steenkiste, Niels W. L., Leander, Brian S. & Artois, Tom, 2021, A revision of the genus Cheliplana de Beauchamp, 1927 (Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchia), with the description of six new species, Zootaxa 4970 (3), pp. 453-494 : 466-467

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FEABE248-E1EA-48F5-A1AF-0077FE40C257
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4766726
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scientific name	Cheliplana canariensis Gobert, Reygel & Artois, 2017
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Material examined. Reference material. The holotype, a whole-mounted specimen from Lanzarote ( SMNH Type 8906) .

Known distribution. Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain ( Gobert et al. 2017).

Remarks. The specimen is rather small, with a total body length of 0.6 mm. The proboscis is ~42 μm long and carries 27–28-µm-long, curved hooks and ~18-μm-long hook supports.

The paired seminal vesicles separately enter the proximal end of the copulatory apparatus. The copulatory bulb holds a proximal, prostatic bulb. Distally, the ejaculatory duct is differentiated into a 50-µm-long cirrus, armed with spines of varying length and thickness. The spines in the middle region of the cirrus are more robust and longer than those in the proximal and distal parts of the cirrus.

A single ovary and large bursa are present near the caudal end of the body, but the organisation of the female system is not well known.