Anaperus trifurcatus Beltagi, 1983

Hooge, Matthew D., Smith, Julian P. S. & Iii, 2004, New acoels (Acoela, Acoelomorpha) from North Carolina, Zootaxa 442, pp. 1-24 : 23

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.157611

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6273416

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scientific name

Anaperus trifurcatus Beltagi, 1983
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Reassignment of Anaperus trifurcatus Beltagi, 1983 to the genus Amphiscolops

Anaperus trifurcatus was described by Beltagi (1983), who collected the worm from brown algae taken from the upper intertidal zone in the Red Sea. This species was placed in the genus Anaperus View in CoL despite lacking the stimulatory organs (adenodactyls) that are diagnostic for the family ( Dörjes 1968). A. trifurcatus has a trilobed posterior end, zooxanthellae, frontal glands, a statocyst, eight bursal nozzles, and a single male gonopore and is better suited for placement in the genus Amphiscolops Graff, 1904 View in CoL (see discussion in Winsor 1990). While one other known species of Amphiscolops View in CoL , A. bermudensis Hyman, 1939 View in CoL , also has a trilobed posterior end, A. trifurcatus is apparently unique in lacking eyes and a female gonopore, and in its possession of ciliated “sensory” pits on both sides of the male gonopore. We hereby transfer this species to the genus Amphiscolops View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

SubPhylum

Acoelomorpha

Class

Holothuroidea

Order

Dendrochirotida

Family

Cucumariidae

Genus

Anaperus

Loc

Anaperus trifurcatus Beltagi, 1983

Hooge, Matthew D., Smith, Julian P. S. & Iii 2004
2004
Loc

A. bermudensis

Hyman 1939
1939
Loc

Amphiscolops

Graff 1904
1904
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