Hofstenia miamia Correa, 1960
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.181066 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6231377 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0390C135-C517-9678-A5A4-F9EEFCB07082 |
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Plazi |
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Hofstenia miamia Correa, 1960 |
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Hofstenia miamia Correa, 1960 View in CoL
( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 B)
Material. Approximately 30 living specimens.
Localities. Isla Colon, near the STRI lab dock (921’06” N, 82°15’25” W), from submerged and decaying mangrove leaves surrounding mangrove rhizomes.
Description. Mature specimens ~ 4 mm long contracted and 6–7 mm when elongated. Specimens usually with brown coloration and numerous white spots; some white spots arranged to form three bands across the anterior, middle, and posterior portions of the body ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 B).
Remarks. Hooge et al. (2007) provided a detailed study of the color variation of Hofstenia miamia collected from Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, and Panama.
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