Djeziraia pardii Schockaert, 1971

Artois, Tom J. & Tessens, Bart S., 2008, Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species, Zootaxa 1849, pp. 1-27 : 7

Djeziraia pardii Schockaert, 1971

Known distribution. Djezira (about 15 km south of Mogadiscio, Somalia) ( Schockaert 1971).

New localities in the Indian Ocean. McKenzie Point, Mombasa ( Kenya): superficial layer of sand in a shallow pool on top of a rock in the lower eulittoral (25/09/1991); same locality: on seagrass ( Thalassia ) from a very shallow tide-pool just before the obelisk a short distance past the Four Seasons Restaurant (27/09/ 1991).

Material. Type material and the material of the original description. Two whole mounts from Kenya, one from each locality.

Remarks. For a detailed description we refer to the original description by Schockaert (1971) and the additions in Schockaert (1982). In the original description, the presence of a “diverticulum” on the “bursal stalk” (female duct type I) is mentioned. In fact, this diverticulum is the common oviduct connecting the bursal stalk with the seminal receptacle at the junction of the ovaries (see Artois & Schockaert 2001, 2005). The lengths of the stylet as measured on the new material (81 µm and 82 µm) are almost identical to that of the only whole mount from Somalia (paratype) (84 µm).