Melloplana ferruginea ( Schmarda, 1859 )

Rodríguez, Jorge, Grande, Cristina, Bulnes, NataliaVeronica, Almon, Bruno, Perez, Jacinto & Noreña, Carolina, 2017, Systematic revision of the family Pleioplanidae Faubel, 1983 (Polycladida, Acotylea): new genus and combinations, European Journal of Taxonomy 264, pp. 1-30 : 23-25

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.264

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:875C1C10-71A2-4E6D-AD58-D4EAF1517229

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3844428

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DA8015-126E-FFE7-C602-C87BE66AFB7F

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Carolina

scientific name

Melloplana ferruginea ( Schmarda, 1859 )
status

 

Melloplana ferruginea ( Schmarda, 1859)

Fig. 6C View Fig

Polycelis ferruginea Schmarda, 1859: 22 , pl. IV, fig. 48.

Discocelis binoculata Verrill, 1901: 43 –44 , pl. 5, figs 3–4.

Notoplana bahamensis Bock, 1913: 208–210 , pl. VI, figs 2–3.

Notoplana caribbeana Hyman, 1939: 2 –4 , figs 3–8.

Notoplana binoculata – Hyman 1939: 8 –10, figs 13–14.

Leptoplana ferruginea – Diesing 1862: 530.

Notoplana ferruginea – Stummer-Traunsfels 1933: 3486, 3521 –3522, fig. 60.

Melloplana ferruginea – Faubel 1983: 117.

Type locality

BERMUDA: Long Bird Island.

Description

Body shape elongated. Cryptic colour. Opaque dorsal appearance. Longitudinal median line not outstanding. Homogeneous mottled background with dots. Smooth dorsal surface. Nuchal tentacles absent. Tentacular knobs present. Marginal eyes absent. Tentacles absent; instead tentacular eyes present in rounded and compact clusters. Dorsal and ventral frontal eyes absent. Cerebral eyes in two groups. Pharynx located in second or last body third, strongly ruffled and ventrally oriented. Oral pore position in second body third and in posterior region of pharynx. Intestine with numerous branches without anastomosis. Intestinal vesicles absent. Gonopores clearly separated.

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. Single male pore. Male apparatus not enclosed within muscular bulb, oriented backwards and located in second body third. Ejaculatory duct unarmed, without stylet. Prostatic vesicle interpolated. Connection between ejaculatory duct and prostatic vesicle without projection. Internal glandular lining of prostatic vesicle with tubular chambers. Extravesicular prostatic secretion. Prostatic glands located at proximal end of prostatic vesicle. Seminal vesicle simple or spindle-like. Spermiducal bulbs absent.

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. Vagina elongated, tube-like, looping towards male complex. Enlarged Lang’s vesicle. Paired uterus. Uterine vesicles absent. Tube-like cement chamber. Endolecithal eggs.

Biology

Found under stones and on algae, e.g., Halimeda .

Distribution

Bermuda.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Class

Trepaxonemata

Order

Polycladida

Family

Pleioplanidae

Genus

Melloplana

Loc

Melloplana ferruginea ( Schmarda, 1859 )

Rodríguez, Jorge, Grande, Cristina, Bulnes, NataliaVeronica, Almon, Bruno, Perez, Jacinto & Noreña, Carolina 2017
2017
Loc

Melloplana ferruginea

Faubel A. 1983: 117
1983
Loc

Notoplana bahamensis

Bock S. 1913: 210
1913
Loc

Leptoplana ferruginea

Diesing K. M. 1862: 530
1862
Loc

Polycelis ferruginea

Schmarda L. K. 1859: 22
1859
Loc

Discocelis binoculata

Discocelis binoculata Verrill, 1901: 43
Loc

Notoplana caribbeana

Notoplana caribbeana Hyman, 1939: 2
Loc

Notoplana binoculata

Hyman 1939: 8
Loc

Notoplana ferruginea

Stummer-Traunsfels 1933: 3486
3521
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